Is safe surgery possible when resources are scarce?

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 432-434

  O'Hara, Nathan N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVICE SAFETY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; SURGICAL DRILL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL DEVICE; SURGERY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84937391779     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004377     Document Type: Article

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