Where shall John go? Solomon islands.
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چکیده
a tour in the Solomon Islands is most rewarding. Specialists and long-serving officers employed by the Government are anxious to teach and give all possible help to the newly arrived doctor. In the long term there are no career prospects as such, although appointment committees in Britain are now looking more favourably on candidates who have served some time in the so-called "developing world." For those interested in research there is much of interest and a wealth of material, although it will certainly be an arduous and frustrating task collecting all the necessary data. Despite such problems, in the last decade six MD theses have been accepted by British universities on work done by the small number of medical officers serving in the Solomon Islands. This picturesque part of the south-west Pacific consists of an archipelago (a mere 30 000 sq km in a vast sea) stretching about 1500 km south-east of Papua New Guinea. The six major islands are of volcanic origin, average 170 km by 40 km, and are covered with tropical rain forest. This central chain is bounded by much smaller islands and coral atolls. For administrative purposes, the territory is divided into districts. Honiara, the capital, with a population of some 20 000 is on the coast of Guadalcanal Island-famous for its battle during the second world war-and is about 2000 km north-north-east of Brisbane, Australia. The climate is equatorial with a temperature varying between 33°C and 20°C, and an average relative humidity rarely below 80%,.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 2 6081 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1977