Haiti's dilemma: How to incorporate foreign health professionals to assist in short-term recovery while capacity building for the future

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-461

  Degennaro, Vincent ^a,b   Ginzburg, Enrique ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; EARTHQUAKE; FORECASTING; FOREIGN WORKER; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EARTHQUAKES; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; FORECASTING; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS;

EID: 80052281921     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq104     Document Type: Article

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