Wanted: 2.4 million nurses, and that's just in India.

Abstract:

:In most countries of the world there is a shortage of nurses but nowhere is it so acute as in the developing world. With International Nursing Day on 12 May 2010, Kathryn Senior investigates.

authors

Senior K

doi

10.2471/BLT.10.020510

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Has Abstract

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2010-05-01 00:00:00

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327-8

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5

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0042-9686

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1564-0604

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88

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