Human resource management in post-conflict health systems: Review of research and knowledge gaps

Conflict and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Roome, Edward ^a   Raven, Joanna ^a   Martineau, Tim ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fragile; Health systems; Health workforce; Human resource management; Post conflict; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907975875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-8-18     Document Type: Review

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