title: A neurologist in Zambia.
abstract: Those uninitiated to medicine in the tropics may consider neurology and neurologists superfluous in this environment. In actual fact, the high burden of neurologic disorders combined with a dearth of physician-level care providers brings such expertise into high demand. Clinical work in sub-Saharan Africa offers the neurologist an opportunity to care for a wide range of conditions, including disorders Westerners may only be familiar with via historical accounts. Physicians starved of academic exchange and paramedical-care providers who frequently function without physician-level support are equally enthusiastic for additional training in the diagnosis and treatment of the nervous system disorders which are encountered daily.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, African Studies Center Faculty, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1313, USA. GretchenBirbeck@ht.msu.edu
authors.forename: Gretchen L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Birbeck
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D010819:Physician's Role; D015024:Zambia