TY - JOUR
T1 - How the social contract can frame international electives
AU - Prasad, Shailendra
AU - Alwan, Fatima
AU - Evert, Jessica
AU - Todd, Tricia
AU - Lenhoff, Fred
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Medical Association.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Short-term experiences in global health (STEGHs) are common ways trainees engage in global health activities, which can be viewed by students as either altruistic or opportunistic. This article explores how STEGHs express the social contract medicine has with society, emphasizes areas of breakdown in this social contract, and calls for medical schools, licensure boards, STEGH-sponsoring organizations, and professional societies to take active roles in addressing these ethical challenges.
AB - Short-term experiences in global health (STEGHs) are common ways trainees engage in global health activities, which can be viewed by students as either altruistic or opportunistic. This article explores how STEGHs express the social contract medicine has with society, emphasizes areas of breakdown in this social contract, and calls for medical schools, licensure boards, STEGH-sponsoring organizations, and professional societies to take active roles in addressing these ethical challenges.
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U2 - 10.1001/amajethics.2019.742
DO - 10.1001/amajethics.2019.742
M3 - Article
C2 - 31550221
AN - SCOPUS:85071870055
SN - 2376-6980
VL - 21
SP - 742
EP - 748
JO - AMA Journal of Ethics
JF - AMA Journal of Ethics
IS - 9
ER -