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Cutts, Christopher. "Identification of influences on the quality use of medicines in general practice in rural Australia /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16591.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаMurphy, Angela University of Ballarat. "When urban policy meets regional practice : Evidence based practice from the perspective of multi-disciplinary teams working in rural and remote health service provision." University of Ballarat, 2004. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/12747.
Повний текст джерелаDoctor of Philosophy
Murphy, Angela. "When urban policy meets regional practice : Evidence based practice from the perspective of multi-disciplinary teams working in rural and remote health service provision." University of Ballarat, 2004. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/14586.
Повний текст джерелаDoctor of Philosophy
McGrath, Alicia University of Ballarat. "Changing rural general practitioner practice : evaluating health assessment uptake." University of Ballarat, 2003. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/12770.
Повний текст джерелаMaster of Applied Science
McGrath, Alicia. "Changing rural general practitioner practice : evaluating health assessment uptake." University of Ballarat, 2003. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/14607.
Повний текст джерелаMaster of Applied Science
au, jmaxwell@katel net, and John Alexander Loftus Maxwell. "Rural veterinary practice in Western Australia 1964 to 2007." Murdoch University, 2008. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20081113.142241.
Повний текст джерелаMaxwell, John Alexander Loftus. "Rural veterinary practice in Western Australia 1964 to 2007." Thesis, Maxwell, John Alexander Loftus (2008) Rural veterinary practice in Western Australia 1964 to 2007. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2008. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/428/.
Повний текст джерелаMaxwell, John Alexander Loftus. "Rural veterinary practice in Western Australia 1964 to 2007." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2008. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20081113.142241.
Повний текст джерелаJeyaretnam, Joseph S. "Occupational hazards and radiation safety in veterinary practice including zoo veterinary practice in Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2003. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1306.
Повний текст джерелаDuffield, Patricia. "A Pilgrim's Tale : Travelling the landscape of rural and regional practice nursing." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2007. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/271.
Повний текст джерелаHagemeier, Nicholas E., Sarah Blevins, Kyle Hagen, Emily Sorah, Richa Shah, and Kelly Ferris. "Integration of Rural Community Pharmacies into a Rural Family Medicine Practice-Based Research Network: A Descriptive Analysis." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1476.
Повний текст джерелаHesterman, Sandra. "Inclusive educational practice in rural Western Australia: A case study of a student with special needs." Thesis, Hesterman, Sandra ORCID: 0000-0001-7491-5527 (1998) Inclusive educational practice in rural Western Australia: A case study of a student with special needs. Masters by Research thesis, Curtin University, 1998. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/66430/.
Повний текст джерелаMaphis, L. E., C. Smith, K. Hicks, Jodi Polaha, P. Cronin, and W. T. III Dalton. "Improving Behavioral Health Consultation Skills for Serving Rural Populations: An Advanced Trainee’s Experience in Pedagogy and Practice." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6586.
Повний текст джерелаClick, Ivy A., Reid B. Blackwelder, and Donald W. Good. "Practice Predictors of Graduates of a College of Medicine with a Rural Primary Care Mission." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/248.
Повний текст джерелаMcCarter, K., Jodi Polaha, and N. Gouge. "Rural Pediatric Primary Care Practice Patterns as a Result of an On-Site Behavioral Health Consultant: A Retrospective Analysis." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6631.
Повний текст джерелаBlue, Ian A. "The professional working relationship of rural nurses and doctors : four South Australian case studies." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phb6582.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаElliott, Jayne. "Endormez-moi!, an early twentieth-century obstetrical practice in the Gatineau Valley, Quebec." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ26915.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаDurey, Angela. "The changing face of rural general practice: an ethnographic study of general practitioners and their spouses." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2005. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/61.
Повний текст джерелаBellinger, Nathan. "Predictors of Primary Care Physicians Practicing in Medically Underserved and Rural Areas of Indiana." Thesis, Connect to resource online, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/1954.
Повний текст джерелаDepartment of Geography, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Jeffrey Wilson, James J. Brokaw, Owen Dwyer, Terrell W. Zollinger. Includes vitae. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-45).
O'Meara, Peter Francis Public Health & Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine UNSW. "Models of ambulance service delivery for rural Victoria." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Public Health and Community Medicine, 2002. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18771.
Повний текст джерелаSomers, George Theodore 1951. "An approach to the understanding and measurement of medical students' attitudes toward a rural career." Monash University, School of Rural Health, 2004. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5190.
Повний текст джерелаHarris, Evan, McKenzie L. Calhoun, and Jesse Gilbreath. "Establishing an Interprofessional Transitional Care Clinic in a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Setting." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6896.
Повний текст джерелаMills, David. "The role of goal setting in the diabetes case management of aboriginal and non-aboriginal populations in rural South Australia /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2005. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09MD/09mdm6571.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаIncludes publications published as a result of ideas developed in this thesis, inserted at end. "April 2005" Includes bibliographical references (leaves 210-242).
Farmer, Cortney, Havya Dave, Zachary Sumpter, Patricia Conner, and Amanda Stoltz. "OUTPATIENT EVALUATION & MANAGEMENT BILLING AND CODING: DEVELOPMENT OF ENDURING CURRICULUM FOR PGY1 RESIDENT EDUCATION IN A RURAL FAMILY MEDICINE PRACTICE." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2018/schedule/162.
Повний текст джерелаSnyder, Jennifer A. "Investigation of Physician Assistants' Choice of Rural or Underserved Practice and Framing Methods of Recruitment and Retention." Thesis, Nova Southeastern University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3644022.
Повний текст джерелаObjective: This dissertation analyzed one state's physician assistant (PA) workforce focusing on recruitment and retention. The goal was to identify factors associated with Indiana PAs working in medically underserved, rural, and primary-care medicine. The study evaluated characteristics of PAs who chose initially to work in rural versus urban areas and who have continued to do so. From the literature and as a result of study outcomes, a framework was developed, upon which recommendations were made for effective methods of increasing and retaining the number of PAs in primary care within rural areas. Subjects: Data were obtained from applications for PA licensure submitted to the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency between the years 2000 and 2010. Additionally, PAs working in Indiana who graduated during this period were surveyed. Methods: Descriptive statistics quantitatively defined the Indiana PA workforce. Survey questions to this population focused on provider upbringing, education, and specialization interest, as well as recruitment and retention to rural, primary-care, or underserved areas. Chi Square tests and logistic regression were used, where appropriate, to examine the influence of independent variables on the choice of practicing in rural, primary-care, and medically underserved areas. Based on these responses, recommendations were developed for strategies to increase the supply of physician assistants in rural areas. Findings: Among applicants for PA licensure in Indiana from 2000 to 2010, there were more females (70%) than males (30%), and the median age of applicants was 35 years. Respondent PAs predominantly worked in counties that were designated by the United States Department of Agriculture as metropolitan (91.3%) and largely in areas designated as Code 1 according to Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, the highest level of urbanicity. Additionally, more PAs worked in a specialty area (79%) than in primary care (21%). Chi Square analyses revealed significant relationships (p < .05) between primary care and gender; educated outside of Indiana and working in an underserved area; and being born in a rural area and choosing to practice in a rural area. Binary logistic regression identified that female gender was predictive of the decision to practice in primary care, and birth in a rural area was predictive of current rural practice. In reflecting upon their first employment following training, 70 percent of respondents believed that the job offer was neither directly nor indirectly a result of having completed a clinical rotation at that particular site, or having worked with a particular preceptor, during their experiential training. A relationship was found between the respondents' initial job location being urban and living in a metro location at the time of high school graduation. Finally, educational debt influenced males' initial practice location and specialty but did not similarly affect choice of practice among females. Conclusions: There were several important characteristics of recently licensed PAs in Indiana that were identified in this study. Educational institutions, policymakers, and communities may increase recruitment and retention of PAs to rural and primary-care practice by actively identifying PAs who possess selected characteristics for the area of interest and providing incentives to reduce educational debt.
Click, Ivy A. "Practice Characteristics of Graduates of East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine: Factors Related to Career Choices in Primary Care." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1112.
Повний текст джерелаBrusk, Amy M. "Survey of business management factors associated with mixed animal veterinary practice size and growth." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1431.
Повний текст джерелаClark, R. A. "Chronic Heart Failure Beyond City Limits: An Analysis of the Distribution, Management and Information Technology Solutions for People with Chronic Heart Failure in Rural and Remote Australia." Thesis, University of South Australia, 2007.
Знайти повний текст джерелаLoh, Poh Kooi. "Innovations in health for older people in Western Australia." University of Western Australia. School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0051.
Повний текст джерелаMamudu, Hadii M., Pooja Subedi, Timir Paul, Ali E. Alamin, Arsham Alamian, Liang Wang, David Stewart, et al. "The Associated Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Calcium in Asymptomatic Individuals with and Without Diabetes in Rural Central Appalachia." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5561.
Повний текст джерелаWilliams, J. Gary. "Supervised autonomy : medical specialties and structured conflict in an Australian General Hospital /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1991. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phw7242.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаFitzpatrick, Lesley Maria Gerard. "Inventing cultural heroes : a critical exploration of the discursive role of culture, nationalism and hegemony in the Australian rural and remote health sector." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16371/1/Lesley_Fitzpatrick_Thesis.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаFitzpatrick, Lesley Maria Gerard. "Inventing cultural heroes : a critical exploration of the discursive role of culture, nationalism and hegemony in the Australian rural and remote health sector." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16371/.
Повний текст джерелаClements, Andrea D., Jodi Polaha, Wallace E. Jr Dixon, and Jan Brownlee. "The Assessment and Treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Primary Care: A Comparison of Pediatricians and Family Practice Physicians." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0095954.
Повний текст джерелаDowling, Karilynn, Taylor Riedley, MacKenzie Broome, and Nicholas E. Hagemeier. "Stopping the Spread by Using Sterile Needles Instead: A Rural Community Pharmacy Hepatitis C/HIV Prevention Feasibility Study." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5432.
Повний текст джерелаLoury, Sharon, Mchael Bradfield, Joseph Florence, Kenneth Silver, Karin Hoffman, and Alexis Andino. "Addressing the Health of Hispanic Migrant Farmworkers in Rural East Tennessee Through Interprofessional Education, Experiential Learning, and a University/Community Partnership." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/ijhse/vol1/iss1/3.
Повний текст джерелаD'Arrietta, Louisa, and n/a. "An investigation of the information needs and information-seeking behaviour of general practitioners in their delivery of patient care to the elderly on the Gold Coast." University of Canberra. Information, Language & Culture, 1994. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060426.164122.
Повний текст джерелаCarman, Rebecca Anne. "The impact of immunisation service delivery in general practice on Aboriginal children living in the Perth metropolitan area: An opportunity to reduce the gap?" Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2019. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2176.
Повний текст джерелаLaurence, Caroline Olivia Mary. "Overseas trained doctors in rural and remote Australia: do they practise differently from Australian trained doctors?" 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/49903.
Повний текст джерелаhttp://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1320385
Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Adelaide, School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, 2008
Laurence, Caroline Olivia Mary. "Overseas trained doctors in rural and remote Australia: do they practise differently from Australian trained doctors?" Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/49903.
Повний текст джерелаThesis (Ph.D.) - University of Adelaide, School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, 2008
Taylor, Selina Maree. "Expanded pharmacy practice in rural Australia." Thesis, 2021. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/74283/1/JCU_74283_Taylor_2021_thesis.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаCasey, Mavourneen. "The practice of Western Herbal Medicine in Australia." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/39546.
Повний текст джерелаIn recent decades, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has gradually assumed a growing popularity and economic importance in the health care systems of Western nations including Australia. Personal expenditure on CAM now represents a significant investment by the Australian general population. During this period, various CAM professions have steadily emerged as popular, if unofficial, healthcare providers. Despite the growing popularity of CAM, little is known outside of special interest groups about most CAM practices or about the professionals who provide them. In Australia one of the most well known and popular forms of CAM is herbal medicine. The focus of this thesis is on the professional practice of herbal medicine in Australia, specifically Western Herbal Medicine (WHM). It is estimated that practitioners of WHM conduct almost two million consultations a year representing an investment of $AUS 85 million (excluding the cost of medicines)in the Australian health economy. Typically described as a complete system of medicine, WHM boasts a comprehensive philosophy and claims to offer a unique approach to treatment, diagnosis and prescription. WHM practitioners reputedly operate within a broad range of autonomy, including some acting as primary health care professionals. Nevertheless, little is known about the Australian WHM profession: their approach to clinical practice; their use of herbal medicines; the patients and problems seen in WHM practice; or the nature of the WHM profession’s relationship with the mainstream healthcare sector. This thesis presents a pragmatic health services inquiry that aims to provide empirical data for the purpose of stimulating reflective practice within the WHM profession and seeks to inform discussion about the role of WHM in the Australian healthcare system. The analysis employs the concept of 'mainstreaming' (the increasing popularity, acceptance and legitimacy of CAM within the dominant healthcare structures) to explore the response of WHM to the changing role of CAM within mainstream healthcare. Mainstreaming is interpreted as an active social process in which the boundaries between CAM and mainstream healthcare are shifting, and is a concept that implies the dominance of the mainstream medical paradigm. The investigation triangulates quantitative and qualitative methods to provide an in-depth account of WHM practice from the perspective of the WHM practitioner. The study population is the membership of the National Herbalists’ Association of Australia (NHAA), and the unit of analysis is the individual WHM practitioner. The research describes the clinical practice of WHM and explores the WHM profession’s developing relationship with the mainstream – including the Australian public and the mainstream healthcare professions, particularly medical practice. A social theoretical framework is employed to examine WHM practice within its social context. The conceptual framework directs the examination of the evolving relationship between WHM and mainstreaming towards three core areas of intersection: (1) the inter-professional; (2) the intra-professional; and (3) the professional/non-professional. The inquiry consists of a mixed methods design in which an initial survey study is followed by a qualitative in-depth interview study. The rationale of adopting a mixed methods approach was threefold: firstly, to increase the scope of inquiry by selecting methods most appropriate for each inquiry component; secondly, to better understand the research problem by converging both types of data; and finally, to increase the validity of constructs and inquiry results by triangulation of data sources. The survey study consisted of a postal questionnaire that was distributed to the membership of the NHAA. The survey was specifically designed for this study in consultation with the NHAA. A preliminary pilot study of the draft questionnaire was conducted consisting of both a formal and informal stage of testing. The questionnaire was distributed with the association’s quarterly professional journal (The Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism) in December 2003 and again in March 2004. Achieving a response rate of 58% (n=378), the survey data described key aspects of the WHM profession; its approach to clinical practice, herbal prescribing and aspects of its professional relationships. The survey results demonstrated an increased influence of medical science on WHM principles and practices including the incorporation of medical concepts,clinical procedures, technologies and language into clinical practice. Although the survey provided strong evidence of a trend towards the rationalisation of WHM clinical practice, the results showed how the prescription of herbal medicines remains a predominantly traditional practice. In terms of the WHM profession, the survey results indicate that WHM practitioners are not assuming a primary healthcare role in Australia but are predominantly providing treatments for chronic conditions. The data indicated high levels of concurrent patient care, including concurrent use of pharmaceutical and herbal medicines;thus, suggesting that WHM clientele consider WHM a complementary rather than an alternative form of medicine. The survey also showed that WHM practitioners would welcome improved inter-professional and intra-professional relationships. The second phase of the mixed methods study consisted of a series of qualitative in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of survey respondents (n=18)resident in NSW, Australia. The objectives of the in-depth interview study were twofold: firstly, to add depth and meaning to survey data; and secondly, to understand the practice of WHM from the perspective of the WHM practitioner.To ensure flexibility and to uncover novel data from the participants the in-depth interviews were carried out on a semi-structured basis. Building upon the survey findings, the qualitative study explored the WHM practitioners' conceptualisations, explanations and rationalisations of their approach to WHM practice. The interview participants represented a broad range of WHM practitioners who commonly shared a holistic worldview, but who also offered a range of interpretations of the philosophical and theoretical basis of WHM. The investigation described how mainstream conceptualisations of healthcare have impacted upon the traditional model of WHM practice. The analysis identifies a number of competing sub-groups within WHM who each advocate particular approaches to WHM practice. In particular, the analysis highlights a significant degree of internal tension operating within WHM about the salience of medical science within WHM. The analysis also revealed how the perceived subordination to, and thus distinction from, mainstream medicine is a dominant issue within the WHM practitioner’s discourse. The explanation for this emerged from the perception amongst the in-depth interview participants of the widespread appropriation of herbal medicine by the mainstream, as well as systematic discrimination towards the WHM profession. Furthermore, there was evidence of not only poor intra-professional cohesion but significant intra-professional differences regarding the apposite location of WHM in relation to mainstream healthcare. This research provides new understandings about the clinical practice of WHM practice, but also about the role of the WHM practitioner in Australian healthcare. The thesis reveals a story of irony. Despite the increasing popularity of herbal medicines and significant concessions within WHM to the medicalparadigm, the WHM profession is struggling to achieve legitimate participation within the mainstream and continues to operate on the fringe of Australian healthcare. The thesis concludes that the process of mainstreaming is challenging the authenticity of WHM herbal tradition and challenging the future viability of the WHM profession, the implications of which suggest that the WHM practitioner will continue to experience financial insecurity unless the WHM profession can collectively move to demarcate its scope of practice and legitimate its professional role.
Casey, Mavourneen. "The practice of Western Herbal Medicine in Australia." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/39546.
Повний текст джерелаIn recent decades, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has gradually assumed a growing popularity and economic importance in the health care systems of Western nations including Australia. Personal expenditure on CAM now represents a significant investment by the Australian general population. During this period, various CAM professions have steadily emerged as popular, if unofficial, healthcare providers. Despite the growing popularity of CAM, little is known outside of special interest groups about most CAM practices or about the professionals who provide them. In Australia one of the most well known and popular forms of CAM is herbal medicine. The focus of this thesis is on the professional practice of herbal medicine in Australia, specifically Western Herbal Medicine (WHM). It is estimated that practitioners of WHM conduct almost two million consultations a year representing an investment of $AUS 85 million (excluding the cost of medicines)in the Australian health economy. Typically described as a complete system of medicine, WHM boasts a comprehensive philosophy and claims to offer a unique approach to treatment, diagnosis and prescription. WHM practitioners reputedly operate within a broad range of autonomy, including some acting as primary health care professionals. Nevertheless, little is known about the Australian WHM profession: their approach to clinical practice; their use of herbal medicines; the patients and problems seen in WHM practice; or the nature of the WHM profession’s relationship with the mainstream healthcare sector. This thesis presents a pragmatic health services inquiry that aims to provide empirical data for the purpose of stimulating reflective practice within the WHM profession and seeks to inform discussion about the role of WHM in the Australian healthcare system. The analysis employs the concept of 'mainstreaming' (the increasing popularity, acceptance and legitimacy of CAM within the dominant healthcare structures) to explore the response of WHM to the changing role of CAM within mainstream healthcare. Mainstreaming is interpreted as an active social process in which the boundaries between CAM and mainstream healthcare are shifting, and is a concept that implies the dominance of the mainstream medical paradigm. The investigation triangulates quantitative and qualitative methods to provide an in-depth account of WHM practice from the perspective of the WHM practitioner. The study population is the membership of the National Herbalists’ Association of Australia (NHAA), and the unit of analysis is the individual WHM practitioner. The research describes the clinical practice of WHM and explores the WHM profession’s developing relationship with the mainstream – including the Australian public and the mainstream healthcare professions, particularly medical practice. A social theoretical framework is employed to examine WHM practice within its social context. The conceptual framework directs the examination of the evolving relationship between WHM and mainstreaming towards three core areas of intersection: (1) the inter-professional; (2) the intra-professional; and (3) the professional/non-professional. The inquiry consists of a mixed methods design in which an initial survey study is followed by a qualitative in-depth interview study. The rationale of adopting a mixed methods approach was threefold: firstly, to increase the scope of inquiry by selecting methods most appropriate for each inquiry component; secondly, to better understand the research problem by converging both types of data; and finally, to increase the validity of constructs and inquiry results by triangulation of data sources. The survey study consisted of a postal questionnaire that was distributed to the membership of the NHAA. The survey was specifically designed for this study in consultation with the NHAA. A preliminary pilot study of the draft questionnaire was conducted consisting of both a formal and informal stage of testing. The questionnaire was distributed with the association’s quarterly professional journal (The Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism) in December 2003 and again in March 2004. Achieving a response rate of 58% (n=378), the survey data described key aspects of the WHM profession; its approach to clinical practice, herbal prescribing and aspects of its professional relationships. The survey results demonstrated an increased influence of medical science on WHM principles and practices including the incorporation of medical concepts,clinical procedures, technologies and language into clinical practice. Although the survey provided strong evidence of a trend towards the rationalisation of WHM clinical practice, the results showed how the prescription of herbal medicines remains a predominantly traditional practice. In terms of the WHM profession, the survey results indicate that WHM practitioners are not assuming a primary healthcare role in Australia but are predominantly providing treatments for chronic conditions. The data indicated high levels of concurrent patient care, including concurrent use of pharmaceutical and herbal medicines;thus, suggesting that WHM clientele consider WHM a complementary rather than an alternative form of medicine. The survey also showed that WHM practitioners would welcome improved inter-professional and intra-professional relationships. The second phase of the mixed methods study consisted of a series of qualitative in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of survey respondents (n=18)resident in NSW, Australia. The objectives of the in-depth interview study were twofold: firstly, to add depth and meaning to survey data; and secondly, to understand the practice of WHM from the perspective of the WHM practitioner.To ensure flexibility and to uncover novel data from the participants the in-depth interviews were carried out on a semi-structured basis. Building upon the survey findings, the qualitative study explored the WHM practitioners���� conceptualisations, explanations and rationalisations of their approach to WHM practice. The interview participants represented a broad range of WHM practitioners who commonly shared a holistic worldview, but who also offered a range of interpretations of the philosophical and theoretical basis of WHM. The investigation described how mainstream conceptualisations of healthcare have impacted upon the traditional model of WHM practice. The analysis identifies a number of competing sub-groups within WHM who each advocate particular approaches to WHM practice. In particular, the analysis highlights a significant degree of internal tension operating within WHM about the salience of medical science within WHM. The analysis also revealed how the perceived subordination to, and thus distinction from, mainstream medicine is a dominant issue within the WHM practitioner’s discourse. The explanation for this emerged from the perception amongst the in-depth interview participants of the widespread appropriation of herbal medicine by the mainstream, as well as systematic discrimination towards the WHM profession. Furthermore, there was evidence of not only poor intra-professional cohesion but significant intra-professional differences regarding the apposite location of WHM in relation to mainstream healthcare. This research provides new understandings about the clinical practice of WHM practice, but also about the role of the WHM practitioner in Australian healthcare. The thesis reveals a story of irony. Despite the increasing popularity of herbal medicines and significant concessions within WHM to the medicalparadigm, the WHM profession is struggling to achieve legitimate participation within the mainstream and continues to operate on the fringe of Australian healthcare. The thesis concludes that the process of mainstreaming is challenging the authenticity of WHM herbal tradition and challenging the future viability of the WHM profession, the implications of which suggest that the WHM practitioner will continue to experience financial insecurity unless the WHM profession can collectively move to demarcate its scope of practice and legitimate its professional role.
Reid, Stephen John Young. "Education for rural medical practice." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3951.
Повний текст джерелаThesis (Ph.D.) - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2010.
Martin, Carmel. "The care of chronic illness in general practice." Phd thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/147963.
Повний текст джерелаTaylor, Judy. "Community participation in organising rural general medical practice three case studies in South Australia." 2004. http://arrow.unisa.edu.au:8081/1959.8/24996.
Повний текст джерелаthesis (PhDHealthSciences)--University of South Australia, 2004.
Arviers, Peter. "The Training and Education Needs of Emergency Medicine Doctors working in Rural and Regional Australia." 2007. http://eprints.utas.edu.au/7761.
Повний текст джерелаHalcomb, Elizabeth, University of Western Sydney, College of Social and Health Sciences, and of Nursing Family and Community Health School. "Carving a niche for Australian practice nurses in chronic heart failure management." 2005. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/20689.
Повний текст джерелаDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Grech, Carol Margaret. "Coronial inquiries into fatal adverse events in South Australian hospitals : from inquest to practice / Carol Grech." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/22153.
Повний текст джерелаIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 313-337)
x, 337 leaves : ill. (col.), maps (col.) ; 30 cm.
Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Public Health, 2004
Grech, Carol Margaret. "Coronial inquiries into fatal adverse events in South Australian hospitals : from inquest to practice / Carol Grech." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/22153.
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