Training medical assistants for surgery

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 688-691

  Vaz, Fernando ^a   Bergström, Staffan ^b   Vaz, Maria Da Luz ^c   Langa, José ^a   Bugalho, Antonio ^a  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; TRAINING;

EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MOZAMBIQUE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 0032833639     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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