Posting and transfer: Key to fostering trust in government health services

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sheikh, Kabir ^a   Freedman, Lynn ^b,j   Ghaffar, Abdul ^c   Marchal, Bruno ^d   el Jardali, Fadi ^e   McCaffery, Jim ^f   de Sardan, Jean Pierre Olivier ^g   dal Poz, Mario ^h   Flores, Walter ⁱ   Garimella, Surekha ^a   Schaaf, Marta ^b,j  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f TRG   (United States)

^g Laboratoire d Études et de recherche sur les Dynamiques sociales et le développement local   (Niger)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

ⁱ Center for the Study of Equity and Governance in Health Systems   (Guatemala)

^j Averting Maternal Death and Disability   (United States)

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Author keywords

Health systems governance; Health systems research; Posting and transfer; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS; TRUST;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRUST;

EID: 84944048468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0080-9     Document Type: Note

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