‘There is no overwhelming evidence of a significant expansion in this type of employment in the 1980s. The only employment forms for which the evidence of expansion is unambiguous are self-employment and part-time employment. The latter is in any case primarily both permanent and direct employment. Temporary and contract work, homeworking and black economy work are the employment forms where ex...

An attempt has been made to assess for the period 1969-1975 the demand for consultant pathologists and the adequacy of the trainee cadre to fulfil this demand. In addition new data have been acquired on the way in which pathologists apportion their time between specialties and the availability of specialist opinion and other derived information. The demand for consultants in all specialties, wi...

DISCLOSURES: NIL ABSTRACT Aims: To compare the anaesthesia and surgical manpower in four tertiary hospitals in Nigeria and assess the anaesthesia work load in those institutions; to determine the per capita anaesthetist manpower in Nigeria (anaesthesia providers per 100,000 population) and compare with what obtains in other regions of the world. Materials and Methods: This is a multicentre stud...

Background: The quantity and quality of manpower, especially in health systems, are major factors affecting speed of service delivery, cost, and accuracy, or, in other words, the quality of service. Objective: This study purposed to investigate the manpower required in various units of the laboratory at Shiraz Faghihi Hospital. Methods</stro...