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URBAN HEALTH CENTRES: PAPUA NEW GUINEA STYLE
Author(s) -
Hocking Bruce
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb50816.x
Subject(s) - new guinea , style (visual arts) , life style , health services , sociology , geography , medicine , ethnology , environmental health , archaeology , population
A brief review is made of two urban health centres in Papua New Guinea. The potential sociological role of these health centres and their services is stressed and the new opportunities they offer for medical and paramedical staff noted.