The procedural skills of rural hospital doctors

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 769-774

  Reid, S J ^a   Chabikuli, N ^a   Jaques, P H ^a   Fehrsen, G S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SKILL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGEON; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ANESTHETICS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RURAL POPULATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0032830876     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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