Volunteers in plastic surgery guidelines for providing surgical care for children in the less developed world: Part II. Ethical considerations

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Schneider, William J ^a,b   Migliori, Mark R ^a,b   Gosain, Arun K ^a,b   Gregory, George ^a,b   Flick, Randall ^a,b  

^a University Hospitals of Cleveland ^*

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ALTRUISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 80052484032     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31822213b4     Document Type: Article

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