Appealing to altruism: An alternative strategy to address the health workforce crisis in developing countries?

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 164-170

  Smith, Richard ^a   Lagarde, Mylene ^a   Blaauw, Duane ^b   Goodman, Catherine ^a   English, Mike ^c   Mullei, Kethi ^c   Pagaiya, Nonglak ^d   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^d   Erasmus, Ermin ^b   Hanson, Kara ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d International Health Policy Program   (Thailand)

Author keywords

economics; health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NURSING STUDENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; THAILAND;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS, NURSING; THAILAND;

EID: 84874778221     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fds066     Document Type: Article

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