title: [Features of the Arab health service as exemplified in Lebanon].
abstract: The Arab health service profile on Lebanon example, one of the Middle East countries is presented in this article. Nowadays the world becomes a global village, a free flow of people appears, who travel professionally as well as touristically. In situations of health and life hazards, in cases of diseases and injuries caused by traumas arisen in foreign countries it seems to be important to get to know problems concerning a health service condition in the region of the world being a place of work or rest. For a long time region of the Middle East have been situated in the center of interests of the world public opinion. On the one hand it is an attractive place because of tourist reasons, on the other hand take place an escalation of military conflicts in individual Arab and Muslim countries. Because of this situation permanent information on the subject of health care status in the countries of temporary stay where occurs unstable political and military situation it seems to be a necessity.
authors.affiliation: Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny, Zakład Medycyny Morskiej i Tropikalnej w Gdyni. kkorzeniewski@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Korzeniewski
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003906:Developing Countries; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D008877:Middle East