Public sector nurses in Swaziland: Can the downturn be reversed?

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kober, Katharina ^a   Van Damme, Wim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIGRATION; NURSE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWAZILAND;

EID: 33746431395     PISSN: 14784491     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-4-13     Document Type: Article

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