Understanding the impact of conflict on health services in Iraq: Information from 401 Iraqi refugee doctors in Jordan

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Burnham, Gilbert ^a   Malik, Sana ^a   Dhari Al Shibli, Ammar S ^b   Mahjoub, Ali Rasheed ^c   Baqer, Alya'a Qays ^d   Baqer, Zainab Qays ^d   Qaraghuli, Faraj Al ^e   Doocy, Shannon ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Doctors; Health systems; Iraq; Refugees

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; MIGRATION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; REFUGEE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; REFUGEES; YOUNG ADULT;

JORDAN;

EID: 84856297054     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.1091     Document Type: Article

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