A survey of national physicians working in an active conflict zone: The challenges of emergency medical care in Iraq

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-161

  Donaldson, Ross I ^a,b   Shanovich, Patrick ^a   Shetty, Pranav ^a   Clark, Emma ^b   Aziz, Sharaf ^b,c   Morton, Melinda ^d   Hasoon, Tariq ^b   Evans, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Iraq)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict; emergency; Emergency Department; Iraq; physician; security

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84862582809     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12000519     Document Type: Article

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