Generating political priority for global surgical care

Background: Despite the high burden of surgical conditions, the provision of surgical services historically has been a low global health priority. Drawing on social science scholarship concerning how issues come to attract attention, we examined factors that have shaped political priority for globa...

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Main Authors: Yusra R Shawar, MPH, Jeremy Shiffman, PhD, David Spiegel, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15700495