Global nursing shortages: Are often a symptom of wider health system or societal ailments

BMJ

Volumn 324, Issue 7340, 2002, Pages 751-752

  Buchan, James ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANPOWER PLANNING; NURSE; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; NURSES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0037196914     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.751     Document Type: Editorial

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