Maintaining surgical standards beyond the city in Australia

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 172-

  Kiroff, George ^a  

^a ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RURAL AREA; STANDARD; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0038366303     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-1433.2003.02593.x     Document Type: Note

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