Rural hospital generalist and emergency medicine training in Papua New Guinea

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-154

  Symmons, David ^a,b   Curry, Chris ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a Tinsley District Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Fremantle Hospital ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Hospital generalist; Papua New Guinea; Training

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GRADUATE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL GENERALIST; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; OBSTETRICS; ORTHOPEDICS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SKILL;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 34247205754     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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