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. 2023 Jun;70(6):968-971.
doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02451-0. Epub 2023 May 22.

Living the work: the HEAL Initiative as a model for perioperative health workforce transformation and health equity work

Samuel Percy  1 , Saad Sahi  2 , Emmanuel Bua  3 , Sriram Shamasunder  4 , Michael Lipnick  2 , Tyler Law  2
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Living the work: the HEAL Initiative as a model for perioperative health workforce transformation and health equity work

Samuel Percy et al. Can J Anaesth. 2023 Jun.
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Keywords: anesthesia; global health; medical education; rural health; underserved health.

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