Medicine without borders: a literature review of short-term international medical missions

Background: Each year, medical providers and trainees travel to low-income and middle-income countries to deliver direct medical care via short-term medical missions (STMMs) lasting between 1 day and 2 years. In spite of the high prevalence of STMMs, little aggregate information exists about where...

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Main Authors: S Roche, MPH, P Ketheeswaran, MSc, Dr. V Wirtz, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15701312