Surgical Task Shifting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Open Access
- 19 May 2009
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 6 (5), e1000078
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000078
Abstract
Kathryn Chu and colleagues discuss some of the experiences of surgical task shifting to date, and outline lessons from task shifting in the delivery of HIV/AIDS care.Keywords
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