Health-care system and nursing in Sri Lanka: An ethnography study

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-38

  De Silva, Badurakada Sunil Santha ^a   Rolls, Colleen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing country; Ethnography; Health care; Nurse; Nursing; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SRI LANKA; WORKLOAD;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSES; NURSING SERVICES; SRI LANKA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77950115559     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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