Profiles And Contributions To This Article

'You have to face your mistakes in the street': the contextual keys that shape health service access and health workers' experiences in rural areas

qualifications: PhD

contribution: literature review, designed the project, collected data, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts

position: Researcher

Australia

I am a social worker, researcher and academic working in rural health and welfare service provision, particularly with marginalised groups. I take a human rights approach to service access and provision. My field is research on practice.

Patrick Ball

qualifications: PhD

position: Foundation chair rural pharmacy

Australia

Pharmacist interested in rural and remote health, flexible delivery of life-long learning and new models of chronic disease management

Margaret Alston

qualifications: PhD

position: Director CRSR

Australia

Margaret Alston is Professor of Social Work and Human services and Director of the Centre for Rural Social Research at Charles Sturt University. Her research interests revolve around rural social issues and issues of significance to rural women