Providing healthcare under ISIS: A qualitative analysis of healthcare worker experiences in Mosul, Iraq between June 2014 and June 2017

@article{Michlig2019ProvidingHU,
  title={Providing healthcare under ISIS: A qualitative analysis of healthcare worker experiences in Mosul, Iraq between June 2014 and June 2017},
  author={Georgia J. Michlig and Riyadh K Lafta and Maha A. Al-Nuaimi and Gilbert Burnham},
  journal={Global Public Health},
  year={2019},
  volume={14},
  pages={1414 - 1427}
}
ABSTRACT During ISIS occupation of the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul between June 2014 to June 2017, healthcare workers remaining in Mosul continued to provide medical services. Little is currently known about Iraqi healthcare workers’ personal and professional lives in the ISIS healthcare system, and how these individuals adapted. This study sought to explore their experiences during occupation through thematic analysis of qualitative data from twenty interviews conducted immediately after ISIS… 
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