Facing the challenges in human resources for humanitarian health

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 351-359

  Mowafi, Hani ^a,d   Nowak, Kristin ^b   Hein, Karen ^c   Atwood, Stephen ^e   Burdick, Bill ^f   Corcoran, Bill ^f   Dowries, Kiera ^f   Giron, Rigoberto ^f   Gorder, Christoph ^f   Gragg, Beth ^f   James, Jim ^f   Shea, Louise ^g   Meleis, Afaf ^h   Morikawa, Masahiro ⁱ   Mullan, Fitzhugh ^j   Khush, Sonia ^k   Nandy, Robin ^e   Phillips, Jason ^g   Richards, Adam ^l   Stanciu, Beth ^f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Child Fund International   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

^f FAIMER ^*  (United States)

^g IRC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^l Global Health Access Program   (United States)

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Author keywords

competencies; complex emergencies; health; human resources; humanitarian health conference

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ALTRUISM; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 38449096414     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005057     Document Type: Article

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