Voices of hope from rural Rwanda: Three oncology nurse leaders emerge

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 661-664

  Buswell, Lori ^a   Umuhizi, Denis Gilbert ^b   Hategekimana, Vedaste ^b   Muhayimana, Clemence ^b   Kennell Heiling, Stephanie ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Rwandan Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cancer care; Low income countries; Nursing education; Sustainability; Twinning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84983744509     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/16.ONF.661-664     Document Type: Article

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