Establishing a surgical partnership between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Toronto, Canada

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Cadotte, David W ^a   Blankstein, Michael ^a   Bekele, Abebe ^b   Dessalegn, Selamu ^b   Pain, Clare ^c   Derbew, Miliard ^b   Bernstein, Mark ^a   Howard, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHIOPIA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881019874     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.027011     Document Type: Article

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