Commentary
It’s more than just a rural GP shortage: challenging a dominant construction of the rural health workforce ‘problem’
AUTHORS
Christina Malatzky1 PhD, Associate Professor *
Catherine Cosgrave1 PhD, Adjunct, Senior Research Fellow 
Anna Moran2 PhD, CEO and Founder
Susan A Waller3 PhDMPhty, Assistant Professor
Hazel Dalton4 PhD, Senior Research Fellow in Rural Public Health
AFFILIATIONS
1 School of Public Health & Social Work, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Qld 4053, Australia
2 Unplex, Australia
3 Medical Education, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4 Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia
ACCEPTED: 9 June 2024
early abstract:
Keywords: rural health workforce, GP/doctor shortage discourse, Allied Health Professions, nursing scope of practice, systemic health inequities, workforce maldistribution, rural health policy, Australian healthcare models, community-responsive care, multidisciplinary team care