Physicians in South Vietnam
| Autor: | Phillip L. Poffenbarger |
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| Rok vydání: | 1971 |
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Warfare
Economic growth Tuberculosis Attitude of Health Personnel International Cooperation Population MEDLINE Ethnic group Rural Health Military medicine Environmental protection Physicians Ethnicity medicine Humans Health Workforce Military Medicine education education.field_of_study Government business.industry Rural health General Medicine medicine.disease Natural resource Hospitals Personal Health Services United States Religion Vietnam Wounds and Injuries business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | New England Journal of Medicine. 284:1065-1071 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 0028-4793 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/nejm197105132841905 |
| Popis: | Protection of the most important natural resource of South Vietnam — men, women, and children — has not received high priority by military and government agencies largely because of more urgent wartime needs and expenditures. Widespread communicable diseases and trauma are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Of the former, tuberculosis may have emerged as the leading offender, probably affecting 10 per cent of the civilian population. War-related trauma has probably affected 0.3 per cent of the population annually since 1964. Several civilian and military agencies are attempting to alleviate in part existing deficits in facilities and manpower. Progress has primarily been impeded by continuing insecurity, by war priorities and to a lesser extent by failure of some foreigners to adapt culturally. Short-term curative approaches to the health-care problem are important, but temporary in effect. Long-term public-health measures should receive highest priority in health-care systems develop... |
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