Vol. 9(2), pp. 35-39, 2019
ISSN: 2276-7797
Copyright ©2019, the copyright of this article is retained by the author(s)
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.15580/GJMS.2019.2.111519206
https://gjournals.org/GJMS
Care of the Unknown Patient: An Overview in the Nigerian Context
Friday E. Aaron
MBBS, FWACS (ORTHO), FAOI, FICS, MBA, MNIM
Consultant Orthopaedics/Trauma Surgeon
Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt
Type: Commentary
DOI:10.15580/GJMS.2019.2.11519206
Submitted: 15/11/2019
Accepted: 17/11/2019
Published:
30/11/2019 *Corresponding Author
E-mail: aronef@yahoo.com Keywords:
Unknown Patients; care; Nigeria
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Journal Name : citation_journal : Greener Journal of Medical Sciences
