Improving effective surgical delivery in humanitarian disasters: lessons from Haiti.
case_series · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 21541363.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001025 and PMC identifier 3082515.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Kathryn Chu and colleagues describe the experiences of Médecins sans Frontières after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and discuss how to improve delivery of surgery in humanitarian disasters.
Medical subject headings
- Delivery of Health Care
- Disaster Planning
- Disasters
- Emergency Medical Services
- Voluntary Health Agencies
- Wounds and Injuries