qualifications: PhD
position: Associate Professor
department: Health Sciences
Canada
Dr. Paul Peters (PhD, U. Texas at Austin) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa Canada. The essence of his research is on the study of small rural places in a context of enduring structural inequities and extensive social inequalities. His rural research funded by SSHRC, CIHR, and other agencies focusses on inequalities in life expectancy, small-area demographic change, frequent hospital users, and accessibility of health services using a patient- and community-engaged approach. He is a Co-Director of the Free Range International Knowledge Partnership and Principal Investigator for the Rural Research: Information, Statistics, and Knowledge (Rural R:ISK) project.
Review Article 19 September 2020
Original Research 26 August 2013
Primary care reform in Greece: a focus on patients
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Creating positive early rural placements in medical education
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Discharge against medical advice in rural and remote emergency departments
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Retention of early-career GPs as independent specialists in former training practices
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Rural GP Association of Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference #RGPAS24, 15–17 November 2024, Inverness, Scotland
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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