The development of continuing education for trauma care in an African nation

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 725-732

  Mock, Charles N ^a,b   Quansah, Robert ^a   Addae Mensah, Lawrence ^a   Donkor, Peter ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing country; Essential trauma care; Injury; Less developed country; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AFRICA; AIRWAY; AWARENESS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPEN FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDICS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TRUNK; TUBE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 19544387950     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.12.044     Document Type: Article

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