Rural surgery as global surgery before global surgery

Eric K Kim^{1

2}, Rohini Dutta^{3

4}, Nobhojit Roy⁴, Nakul Raykar^{5

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA.
² Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
⁴ World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in Low-and-Middle Income Countries, Mumbai, India.
⁵ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA nraykar@bwh.harvard.edu.
⁶ Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁷ Trauma, Emergency Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02215.

Eric K Kim et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;7(3):e008222.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008222.

Eric K Kim^{1

2}, Rohini Dutta^{3

4}, Nobhojit Roy⁴, Nakul Raykar^{5

6

7}

¹ University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA.
² Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
⁴ World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in Low-and-Middle Income Countries, Mumbai, India.
⁵ Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA nraykar@bwh.harvard.edu.
⁶ Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁷ Trauma, Emergency Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02215.

No abstract available

Keywords: health policy; health systems; surgery.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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