Trying to make a difference: The Malawi experience of a tuberculosis (TB) nurse specialist

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-102

  Dulanya, Jean ^a   Campbell, Michelle ^a   Leigh, Maria Cynthia ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malawi; TB management; TB nurse specialist; Tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE; NURSING; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; NURSE CLINICIANS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34248548744     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2007.24.1.93     Document Type: Article

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