Mobility of health professionals: Health systems, work conditions, patterns of health workers‘ mobility and implications for policy makers

Mobility of Health Professionals: Health Systems, Work Conditions, Patterns of Health Workers' Mobility and Implications for Policy Makers

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-167

  Tjadens, Frits ^a   Weilandt, Caren ^b   Eckert, Josef ^b  

^a Health and Care Associates (HASCA)   (Netherlands)

^b Wissenschaftliches Institut der Ärzte Deutschlands gem e V   (Germany)

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EID: 84948086892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34053-6     Document Type: Book

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