Defining Humanitarian Surgery: International Consensus in Global Surgery

Overview

Journal Br J Surg

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2024 Feb 19

PMID 38372664

Authors

Gerard McKnight

Rocco Friebel

Isobel Marks

Ahmed Almaqadma

Mohamed Youssef Seleem

Tim Fabrice Tientcheu

Raoof Saleh

Marcella Ryan-Coker

Rosemary Emodi

Mai Seida

Jonathan Barden

Anthony Redmond

Mohana Amirtharajah

Sherry M Wren

Andrew Leather

Rachel Hargest

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