Overcoming obstacles along the pathway to integration for Syrian healthcare professionals in Germany

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infection, Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Syrian American Medical Society, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
³ Department of Mental Health, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁵ Independent Doctor, Dortmund, Germany.
⁶ Orthopaedics, Klinikum Hanau, Hanau, Germany.
⁷ Centre for Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁸ Centre for Contemproary Middle Eastern Studies, Syydanski Universitet, Odense, Denmark.

Aula Abbara et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2019.

. 2019 Aug 26;4(4):e001534.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001534. eCollection 2019.

¹ Department of Infection, Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Syrian American Medical Society, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
³ Department of Mental Health, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁵ Independent Doctor, Dortmund, Germany.
⁶ Orthopaedics, Klinikum Hanau, Hanau, Germany.
⁷ Centre for Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁸ Centre for Contemproary Middle Eastern Studies, Syydanski Universitet, Odense, Denmark.

No abstract available

Keywords: Germany; Syria; healthcare workers; refugee.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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