Surgery and anesthesia capacity-building in resource-poor settings: Description of an ongoing academic partnership in Uganda

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 488-497

  Lipnick, Michael ^a   Mijumbi, Cephas ^b   Dubowitz, Gerald ^a   Kaggwa, Samuel ^b   Goetz, Laura ^c   Mabweijano, Jacqueline ^b   Jayaraman, Sudha ^d   Kwizera, Arthur ^b   Tindimwebwa, Joseph ^b   Ozgediz, Doruk ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CAPACITY BUILDING; CAREER CHOICE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNERSHIP PRACTICE; POVERTY; UGANDA;

EID: 84874117480     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1848-x     Document Type: Article

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