Healthcare workers and the brain drain

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-178

  Serour, Gamal I ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Health workforce; Millennium Development Goals; Reproductive and sexual health

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DRAIN; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 67650229600     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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