An examination of hospital governance in Ghana

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-60

  Aseweh Abor, Patience ^a   AbekahNkrumah, Gordon ^a   Abor, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Public health; Students; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939253353     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511870810845905     Document Type: Article

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