Addressing the human resources crisis: A case study of the Namibian health service

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  McCourt, Willy ^a   Awases, Magda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33846829636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-5-1     Document Type: Article

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