The pending loss of advanced life support paramedics in South Africa

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 59-66

  Govender, Kevin ^a   Grainger, Linda ^a   Naidoo, Raveen ^a   MacDonald, Russell ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; Migration; Paramedic; South African ALS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; PARAMEDICAL DISCIPLINES; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRIANGULATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84866483678     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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