Health Workforce Brain Drain: From Denouncing the Challenge to Solving the Problem

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Cometto, Giorgio ^a   Tulenko, Kate ^b   Muula, Adamson S ^c   Krech, Ruediger ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b SONATEL Lot R73   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; TRAINING; WORKFLOW;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84884628866     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001514     Document Type: Article

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