Combating Health Equity Tourism in Plastic Surgery

Affiliations

¹ From the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
² Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Editorial

Rishub K Das et al. Ann Plast Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 1;90(1):6-8.

doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003335.

¹ From the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
² Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared.

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