An assessment of surgical and anesthesia staff at 10 government hospitals in Sierra Leone

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 237-244

  Vaughan, Emily ^a   Sesay, Frances ^b   Chima, Adaora ^c   Mehes, Mira ^c   Lee, Benjamin ^c   Dordunoo, Dzifa ^d   Sitch, Alice ^a   De Wildt, Gilles ^a   Kamara, Thaim B ^e   Leigh, Bailah ^b   Abdullah, Fizan ^c   Sampson, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Department of Surgery   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA GAS MACHINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE ANESTHETIST; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SIERRA LEONE; SPECIALIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84925405473     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2246     Document Type: Article

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