Challenges posed by the global crisis in the health workforce: No workforce, no health

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7930, 2013, Pages

  Buchan, James ^a   Campbell, Jim ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ICS Instituto de Cooperación Social Integrare   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRISIS THEORY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH WORKFORCE CRISIS; HUMAN; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84886636152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f6201     Document Type: Editorial

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