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Tonga Medical Association : selected papers, 1992 : 50th anniversary commemorative issue /

Tonga Medical Association : selected papers, 1992 : 50th anniversary commemorative issue / Selected papers, 1992 edited by Sitaleki A. Finau. - [Auckland, N.Z. : Office of the Directorate Pasifika @ Massey, 2007] - viii, 99 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Cover title. Facsim. originally published: Nuku'alofa : Masilamea Press, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references.

Opening speech of 50th anniversary celebration / HRH Prince Tupouto'a -- Message from the 1992 president of the Tonga Medical Association / Sateki Tu'itavake -- Commemorative oration / Sione Tapa -- The surviving pioneers : a biological brief / V.T. Tangi, Siaosi 'Aho and K. Tonga -- The first Tongan medical practitioners / Sione Posesi Fanua -- Medical service experiences at the remote island of Niuafo'ou (Tin Can Island) during the 1930s -- History of surgery in Tonga / K. Tonga -- A brief history of anaesthesia in Tonga / Bernard Tu'inukuafe -- Obstetrics and gynaecology at the new Vaiola Hospital / Semisi Latu -- Paediatric perspective / Siaosi 'Aho -- The medical ward at Vaiola Hospital / Deepak Sarwal -- A review of the medical discipline in Tonga / Siale 'Akauola -- Vaiola Hospital : impressions of an Australian anaesthetist / Peter Armstrong -- Prevention and control of NCD : a Pacific perspective and a model for control / Sitaleki A. Finau -- Screening for the complications of diabetes / Stephen Colagiuri -- Proposal for a Diabetes Education Centre for the Ministry of Health / Viliami Tangi -- The intensive-care management of acute asthma / John Oswald -- Handling of medical emergencies at Vaiola Hospital / Peter Armstrong & John Macdonald -- Proposal for an Intensive Care Unit at Vaiola Hospital / Peter Armstrong -- Traditional medicine in the modern pacific : a re-emerging option? / Sitaleki A. Finau.

Papers and proceedings from the 1992 Tonga Medical Association Conference in Nuku'alofa in Tonga.

9780958283304 (pbk.)


Medicine--Tonga--Congresses.

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