title: Short-term medical service in the developing world.
abstract: Medicine as it is practiced in the developing world is far removed from medicine as we know it in the United States. It is the authors' opinion that the developing world offers a stimulating environment medically, culturally, and ethically. Those physicians who devote some portion of their careers to practicing in the developing world reap significant rewards. The authors describe how they found and selected medical situations in the developing world and the experiences they had delivering health care in those situations.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Wahls
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Stene
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D009390:Nepal; D014838:Volunteers; D014900:West Indies; D000078329:Workforce