The political economy of emergency and essential surgery in global health

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2003-2006

  Hedges, Jeremy P ^a,b   Mock, Charles N ^c   Cherian, Meena N ^c  

^a Tenwek Hospital   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SURGERY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLITICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79952114860     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0610-5     Document Type: Article

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