Human resources for health in India

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9765, 2011, Pages 587-598

  Rao, Mohan ^a   Rao, Krishna D ^b   Kumar, Ak Shiva ^c   Chatterjee, Mirai ^d   Sundararaman, Thiagarajan ^e  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d SEWA Ahmedabad   (India)

^e National Health Systems Resource Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; YOGA;

EID: 79951552530     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61888-0     Document Type: Review

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