Major surgery delegation to mid-level health practitioners in Mozambique: Health professionals' perceptions

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Cumbi, Amelia ^a   Pereira, Caetano ^b,c   Malalane, Raimundo ^c   Vaz, Fernando ^c   McCord, Colin ^d   Bacci, Alberta ^e   Bergström, Staffan ^b,d  

^a Karolinska Institutet ^*

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Higher Institute of Health Sciences   (Mozambique)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (Switzerland)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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EID: 39049098607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-5-27     Document Type: Article

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