title: [French plastic surgeons and humanitarian missions, does a French touch exist?].
abstract: France like many other countries has long since been committed to Humanitarian Medicine within the framework of evangelical and territorial expansion. As prodigies of the Age of Enlightenment and the universalisation of Human Rights, French surgeons have successfully exported these inherited values through The Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the creation of nongovernmental organisations recognised worldwide. In addition to the finely acquired medical skills that French surgeons share with other prestigious countries, the "French Touch" appears to be found in their transfer of this knowledge along with their will and commitment to return to the same places as often as possible in order to cultivate local self sustainability.
authors.affiliation: yhepner@orange.fr
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hepner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hepner-Lavergne
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008493:Medical Missions; D013518:Surgery, Plastic