Politicians in apron: Case study of rebel health services in Nepal

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-384

  Devkota, Bhimsen ^a,b   Van Teijlingen, Edwin R ^c,d  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bandage; Bullet; Conflict; Integration; Maoist health worker

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; INTEGRATION; NEPAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; VIOLENCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNISM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; NEPAL; POLITICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WAR;

EID: 70349911777     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509342434     Document Type: Review

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