TY - JOUR T1 - SYria’s weakened health system AU - Friedrich MJ Y1 - 2013/01/16 N1 - 10.1001/jama.2012.174228 JO - JAMA SP - 223 EP - 223 VL - 309 IS - 3 N2 - Many hospitals and health centers in Syria have been damaged or destroyed, and many physicians have fled the country. There is also an acute shortage of ambulances and other transportation services. Because pharmaceutical factories have shut down or cut production, medicines are enormously expensive or unavailable. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.174228 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.174228 ER -