Persisting trend in the breach of medical neutrality: a wake-up call to the international community

Affiliations

¹ Division of Health Systems Management and Policy, School of Public Health, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
² King's College London, and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Health Research and Educational Trust, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Editorial

Soumitra S Bhuyan et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2016.

. 2016 Nov 22;1(3):e000109.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000109. eCollection 2016.

¹ Division of Health Systems Management and Policy, School of Public Health, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
² King's College London, and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Health Research and Educational Trust, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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