Think globally act locally: the case for symphysiotomy.

When expatriate doctors from developed countries working in sub-Saharan Africa suggest to the local doctors and midwives that symphysiotomies should sometimes be done, they are silenced neither with quotations from the medical literature nor with tales of patients seen, but with: "If symphysiot...

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Main Author: Douwe Arie Anne Verkuyl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-03-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040071