Neurosurgery at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 172-180

  Mukhida, Karim ^a,c   Shilpakar, Sushil K ^b   Sharma, Mohan R ^b   Bagan, Merwyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery; Health care inequities; International education; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPAL; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NEPAL; NEUROSURGERY; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 21744451617     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000163429.92507.D4     Document Type: Article

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