The global nephrology workforce: Emerging threats and potential solutions!

Clinical Kidney Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 11-22

  Sharif, Muhammad U ^a,b   Elsayed, Mohamed E ^a,b   Stack, Austin G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

chronic kidney disease; nephrology workforce; planning; solutions

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; THREAT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85007206621     PISSN: 20488505     EISSN: 20488513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfv111     Document Type: Review

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