Deficiencies in education and experience in the management of acute kidney injury among Malawian healthcare workers

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 101-103

  Evans, R ^a,b   Rudd, P ^b   Hemmila, U ^b   Dobbie, H ^c   Dreyer, G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945903243     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v27i3.6     Document Type: Article

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