Humanitarian ventures or 'fistula tourism?': The ethical perils of pelvic surgery in the developing world

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-562

  Wall, L Lewis ^a   Arrowsmith, Steven D ^b   Lassey, Anyetei T ^c   Danso, Kwabena ^d  

^a University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Rehoboth McKinley Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Fistula surgery; Surgical ethics; Vesico vaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 33750091042     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-005-0056-8     Document Type: Article

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