Training general practitioners for very remote areas

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 809-811

  Ellis, Chris ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ROBOTICS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TELEMEDICINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 57349156153     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802203470     Document Type: Article

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