Bridging the human resource gap in surgical and anesthesia care in low-resource countries: a review of the task sharing literature

Abstract Task sharing, the involvement of non-specialists (non-physician clinicians or non-specialist physicians) in performing tasks originally reserved for surgeons and anesthesiologists, can be a potent strategy in bridging the vast human resource gap in surgery and anesthesia and bringing needed...

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Main Authors: Tigistu Ashengo, Alena Skeels, Elizabeth J. H. Hurwitz, Eric Thuo, Harshad Sanghvi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Human Resources for Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12960-017-0248-6