Case studies of change--addressing family support needs of rural GPs.
The National Rural Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners received commonwealth funding between 2000-2002 to develop a rural medical family support project. There were three elements to this project: a counselling and communication skills or mentoring workshop for rural GP spouses in each state. The development of a resource kit of existing rural medical family support strategies, and the piloting of a range of strategies designed to address family support needs in collaboration with rural GPs, registrars and their families. This article focusses on the last of these three elements.
Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales. praxis@ekno.com
Juliet
J
Willetts
Helen
H
Cheney
Erin
E
Wilson
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