Task shifting in health care: the risks of integrated medicine in India

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2017, Pages e963-e964

  Balsari, Satchit ^a,b   Simon, Greg ^c   Nair, Rajalakshmi ^d   Saunik, Sujata ^e   Phadke, Mrudula ^f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f National Rural Health Mission   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AYURVEDA; CESAREAN SECTION; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; MEDICINE; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; INDIA; RISK;

EID: 85031305118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30322-4     Document Type: Note

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