Accountability in global surgery missions

Affiliations

¹ USU-Walter Reed Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.

Elena Zitzman et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2018.

. 2018 Dec 30;3(6):e001025.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001025. eCollection 2018.

¹ USU-Walter Reed Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: accountability in surgical missions; global health; global surgery; outcomes reporting; surgical quality.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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