Bahrain health workers in danger: Call to action

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1344, 2011, Pages 109-110

  Gray, Brendon ^a   Ockelford, Paul ^b  

^a Medical Protection Society and Member of the New Zealand Committee   (New Zealand)

^b Chair New Zealand Medical Association and Director of Clinical Services   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BAHRAIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOMALIA; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BAHRAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEW ZEALAND; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80054683101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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