Perceived unfairness in working conditions: The case of public health services in Tanzania

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Songstad, Nils Gunnar ^a   Rekdal, Ole Bjørn ^b   Massay, Deodatus Amadeus ^c   Blystad, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c Community Social and Economic Empowerment ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TANZANIA;

EID: 79751526359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-34     Document Type: Article

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