Taking emergency medicine international: What can we learn and teach?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-316

  Curry, Chris ^a  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CAREER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CROSS; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALTRUISM; AUSTRALASIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; RELIEF WORK; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33745532883     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00864.x     Document Type: Editorial

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