Three phases of the Pacific Islands Project (1995-2010)

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 318-324

  Watters, David A K ^a,d   Ewing, Hamish ^b,d   Mccaig, Eddie ^c,d  

^a BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^d ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Pacific Islands; Service delivery; Surgical training; Tropical surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SURGERY;

AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; MEDICINE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84860261628     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2012.06036.x     Document Type: Article

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