Death certificate completion skills of hospital physicians in a developing country

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Haque, Ahmed Suleman ^a   Shamim, Kanza ^a   Siddiqui, Najm Hasan ^a   Irfan, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Javaid Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84878460801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-205     Document Type: Article

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