Safety, productivity and predicted contribution of a surgical task-sharing programme in Sierra Leone

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1315-1326

  Bolkan, H A ^a,b,c,d   van Duinen, A ^a,b,c,d,e   Waalewijn, B ^c,d,e   Elhassein, M ^f   Kamara, T B ^g,h,i   Deen, G F ^g,h,i   Bundu, I ^g,h,i   Ystgaard, B ^b,c,d   von Schreeb, J ^j   Wibe, A ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c CapaCare   (Norway)

^d Freetown ^*  (Sierra Leone)

^e ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^g Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^j KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIERRA LEONE; SURGERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 85019367208     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10552     Document Type: Article

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