Surgical care at the district hospital. 

 - London :  WHO,  2003. 
 -  ill. ;  30 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/> Many patients who present to district level hospitals require surgical treatment for trauma, obstetric, abdominal and orthopedic emergencies. often surgery cannot be safely postponed to allow their transfer to a secondary or tertiary level hospital, but many district hospitals in developing countries have no specialist surgical teams and are staffed by medical, nursing and paramedical personnel who perform a wide range of surgical procedures, often with inadequate training.   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789241545755 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WO 39 S 2003