Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Perceptions of short-term medical volunteer work: a qualitative study in Guatemala | Globalization and Health BioMed Central Open Access Perceptions of short-term medical volunteer work a qualitative study in Guatemala Tyler Green1 Heidi Green1 Jean Scandlyn 2 and Andrew Kestler3 Address 1School of Medicine University of Colorado Denver Denver Colorado USA - Departments of Anthropology and Health and Behavioral Sciences University of Colorado Denver Denver Colorado USA and 3Division of Emergency Medicine University of Colorado Denver Denver Colorado USA Email Tyler Green - tgreen@ Heidi Green - hgreen@ Jean Scandlyn - Andrew Kestler - Corresponding author Published 26 February 2009 Received 12 June 2008 Accepted 26 February 2009 Globalization and Health 2009 5 4 doi l744-8603-5-4 This article is available from http content 5 1 4 2009 Green et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Each year medical providers from wealthy countries participate in short-term medical volunteer work in resource-poor countries. Various authors have raised concern that such work has the potential to be harmful to recipient communities however the social science and medical literature contains little research into the perceptions of short-term medical volunteer work from the perspective of members of recipient communities. This exploratory study examines the perception of short-term medical volunteer work in Guatemala among groups of actors affected by or participating in these programs. Methods The researchers conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 72 individuals including Guatemalan healthcare providers and health authorities foreign medical providers non-medical .
