Emergency medicine in the developing world: A Delphi study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 765-774

  Hodkinson, Peter W ^a   Wallis, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Consensus; Developing countries; Emergency medicine; Health planning

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DELPHI STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 77955896084     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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