Reconstructing a health system and a profession: Priorities of Iraqi nurses in the Kurdish Region

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-68

  Squires, Allison ^a   Sindi, Ali ^b   Fennie, Kristopher ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Kurdish Regional Health Ministry   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Gender; Health systems; Iraq; Needs assessment; Nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644593855     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200601000-00006     Document Type: Article

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