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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 12/2021

01-12-2021 | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Debating Research in Global Surgery: Current Barriers and Potential Solutions

Authors: Fabio Botelho, Rodrigo López, Kathryn M. Chu, Nobhojit Roy, Lubna Samad, Justina Seyi-Olajide, Kokila Lakhoo

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 12/2021

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Excerpt

Global health is a term to define any action to foster quality and access to health care worldwide, and global surgery is the branch of this movement for surgical care [1]. However, these movements can often be unbalanced due to a colonialism legacy, and its consequences have been explored recently. …
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Metadata
Title
Letter to the Editor: Debating Research in Global Surgery: Current Barriers and Potential Solutions
Authors
Fabio Botelho
Rodrigo López
Kathryn M. Chu
Nobhojit Roy
Lubna Samad
Justina Seyi-Olajide
Kokila Lakhoo
Publication date
01-12-2021
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 12/2021
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06344-5

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