Could international medical graduates offer a solution to the surgical workforce crisis? Balancing national interest and global responsibility

Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 597-600

  Itani, Kamal M F ^a   Hoballah, Jamal ^b   Kaafarani, Haytham ^c   Crisostomo, Armando C ^d   Michelassi, Fabrizio ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN WORKER; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; SURGEON; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 79954632590     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.12.011     Document Type: Editorial

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