General surgery in a district hospital in Tajikistan: Clinical impact of a partnership between visiting volunteers and host specialists

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 335-339

  Kassum, Diamond A ^a,d   Valji, Azim ^b   Gulyazov, Shodi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Khorog General Hospital   (Tajikistan)

^d ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVALESCENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SURGEON; TAJIKISTAN; VOLUNTEER;

CANADA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TAJIKISTAN;

EID: 0345306700     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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