Triage in surgery: From theory to practice, the Medecins Sans Frontières experience

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1429-1431

  Herard, Patrick ^a   Boillot, François ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISASTER MEDICINE; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HAITI; HUMANS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; ORTHOPEDICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RELIEF WORK; SPECIALIZATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 84881249903     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-1904-7     Document Type: Article

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