Abstract
Creation and Implementation of Standards for Ethical Global Health Volunteering
Highlights
Growing concern about the quality and ethics of short-term volunteer trips in global health has led to the development of guidelines by a number of organizations and individuals (Caldron, 2016)
It asks about the extent to which they are reflected in current practices in global health volunteering
In many low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) skeletal traction is still common because surgical treatment is deemed cost-prohibitive
Summary
Growing concern about the quality and ethics of short-term volunteer trips in global health has led to the development of guidelines by a number of organizations and individuals (Caldron, 2016). Different guidelines include recommendations targeted at organizations planning trips, criteria for potential volunteers to consider in choosing an experience, and procedures for running medical, surgical, or dental clinics. Such guidelines cover a broad set of issues, from safety concerns for volunteers to procedures for organizing clinics to the nature of partnerships with host communities. In high-income countries, intramedullary (IM) nailing is the standard treatment. In many low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) skeletal traction is still common because surgical treatment is deemed cost-prohibitive. The purpose of this study was to estimate the cost of both IM nailing and traction for treatment of femoral fractures
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