title: Instead of a prologue. Establishing telemedicine in the Balkans: from Berlin to Prishtina via Mars--a personal journey.
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona, Department of Surgery, USA. rlatifi@email.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Rifat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Latifi
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D016730:Program Development; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D015022:Yugoslavia