Bachelor of rural health care: Do we need another cadre of health practitioners for rural areas?

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-37

  Garg, Suneela ^a   Singh, Ritesh ^b   Grover, Manoj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; INDIA; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL TRAINING; URBAN AREA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYSICIANS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 79955563231     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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