International aid and medical practice in the less-developed world: Doing it right, what can renal organizations learn?

Kidney International, Supplement

Volumn 68, Issue 98, 2005, Pages

  Katz, Ivor ^a,b  

^a Dumisani Mzamane African Institute of Kidney Disease   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronic disease protection; Chronic kidney disease; International aid

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BIOSTATISTICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGIST;

AUSTRALIA; BOLIVIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NEPHROLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

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EID: 29244443206     PISSN: 00986577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.09811.x     Document Type: Article

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