Perceptions of short-term medical volunteer work: a qualitative study in Guatemala.

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Published in Global Health on February 26, 2009

Authors

Tyler Green1, Heidi Green, Jean Scandlyn, Andrew Kestler

Author Affiliations

1: School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA. tgreen@uwhealth.org

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