Coping with a turbulent health care environment: An integrative literature review

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-60

  Layman, Elizabeth J ^a   Bamberg, Richard ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SCHOOLS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645301573     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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