African leaders' views on critical human resource issues for the implementation of family medicine in Africa

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Moosa, Shabir ^a   Downing, Raymond ^b   Essuman, Akye ^c   Pentz, Stephen ^a   Reid, Stephen ^d   Mash, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Development; Family medicine; Family physician; Human resources; Policy; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AFRICA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84892456206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-2     Document Type: Article

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