Post-disaster recovery: A case study of human resource deployment in the health sector in post-conflict kosovo

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  O'Hanlon, Katherine P ^a   Budosan, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Health INGO Cordaid ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

development; disaster; education; emergency; health system; human resources; humanitarian assistance; Kosovo; post conflict; primary health care; recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADULT; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 80052346910     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X10000051     Document Type: Article

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