Evaluation of a surgical service in the chronic phase of a refugee camp: an example from the Thai-Myanmar border

Published literature on surgical care in refugees tends to focus on the acute ('emergent') phase of crisis situations. Here we posit that there is a substantial burden of non-acute morbidity amenable to surgical intervention among refugees in the 'chronic' phase of crisis situati...

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Main Authors: Weerasuriya, C, Tan, S, Alexakis, L, Set, A, Rijken, M, Martyn, P, Nosten, F, McGready, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2012