title: Letter from Iraq. Effect of sanctions on surgical practice.
abstract: The sanctions against Iraq have led health care to fall below minimally acceptable standards. Doctors must treat patients without adequate drugs, anaesthetics, or basic surgical supplies. The continuation of sanctions will lead to a further deterioration. No ethical, religious, or humane body should condone this.
authors.affiliation: Al-Mustansyriya Medical School, Baghdad, Iraq.
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Barnouti
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007493:Iraq; D012946:Social Welfare; D014857:Warfare