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...
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 |
Similar Items
-
Good intentions with unknown consequences: understanding short term medical missions
by: Ketheeswaran, Pavinarmatha
Published: (2016) -
The 18th Academic Medical Congress of Piaui without borders without borders
by: Edson S. Ferreira-Filho
Published: (2013-01-01) -
Evaluation of a short-term medical mission to Syrian refugee camps in Turkey
by: Nora Alghothani, et al.
Published: (2012-10-01) -
Bridging the Gap: Including Patient Voices in Short-Term Medical Mission Evaluations
by: Diana Morales, et al.
Published: (2019-06-01) -
Ghanaian views of short-term medical missions: The pros, the cons, and the possibilities for improvement
by: Efua Esaaba Mantey, et al.
Published: (2021-09-01)