Has the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel been effective?

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2014, Pages e390-e391

  Tankwanchi, Akhenaten B S ^a,b   Vermund, Sten H ^c   Perkins, Douglas D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant ^*  (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MIGRANT; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKFLOW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84907658863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70240-2     Document Type: Letter

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