The development of civilian emergency medical care during an insurgency: Current status and future outlook in Iraq

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-177

  Donaldson, Ross I ^a,b   Hasson, Tariq ^b   Aziz, Sharaf ^b,c   Ansari, Waleed ^b,c   Evans, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IRAQ; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; VIOLENCE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; WAR;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY MEDICINE; POLITICS;

EID: 77955286118     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.12.028     Document Type: Article

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