The potential for essential trauma care to empower communities and tackle inequities

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1203-1207

  Nakahara, Shinji ^a   Ichikawa, Masao ^b   Kimura, Akio ^c   Yoshida, Katsumi ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 43949137910     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9538-4     Document Type: Review

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