Short-term volunteer staffing of a hospital

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-50

  Wurlitzer, Fred P ^a   Mcivor, Andrew C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DENTIST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030027816     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199601000-00007     Document Type: Article

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