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Remoteness and issues in mental health care: experience from rural Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2011

Sadanand Rajkumar  and
Bryan Hoolahan
Sadanand Rajkumar*
Affiliation:
Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Orange, Australia
Bryan Hoolahan
Affiliation:
Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Orange, Australia
*
Address for correspondence: Professor S. Rajkumar, Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, C/o Bloomfield Hospital, Orange, NSW 2800 (Australia). Fax: +61–2–63612457 E-mail: Sadanand.Rajkumar@mwahs.nsw.gov.au
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , June 2004 , pp. 78 - 82
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