Tackling global shortages in health workers

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7676, 2008, Pages 943-944

  Roberts, Olivia ^a  

^a BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALAWI; MANPOWER; MANPOWER PLANNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIGRATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 55549098546     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1971     Document Type: Editorial

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