The Pacific Islands Project: The first 3 years

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 792-798

  Theile, David E ^a   Bennett, Richard C ^a  

^a ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Evaluation; Multidisciplinary teams; Skills transfer; Tertiary medical services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SKILL; SURGEON;

EID: 0031793934     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04679.x     Document Type: Article

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