Qualitative analysis of the perspectives of volunteer reconstructive surgeons on participation in task-shifting programs for surgical-capacity building in low-resource countries

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 481-487

  Aliu, Oluseyi ^a,b   Pannucci, Christopher J ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84874116941     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1885-5     Document Type: Review

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