Ethical considerations
(recommended reading)
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The use of imagery in global health: an analysis of infectious disease documents and a framework to guide practice Charani E, Shariq S, Pinto AM et al. The Lancet Global Health. 2023; 11(1): e155-64.
Cultural challenges facing UK surgeons providing education in low and middle income countries Hodgson SP, Abdelrahman M, Jemec B et al. The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2022; 104(4): 196-200
Institutionalising global health: a call for ethical reflection
Sayeed S, Taylor L. BMJ Global Health 2020; 5: e003353
Paternalism in healthcare and health policy
Childress JF. Chapter 2 in Public Bioethics: Principles and Problems. 2020. OUP. Oxford
High-quality health systems in the sustainable development goals era: time for a revolution
Kruk ME, Gage AD, Arsenault C et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2018; 6(11): e1196-e1252
Con: pure service delivery is no longer needed in global surgical missions
Evans, FM, Nabukenya MT. Can J Anesth 2017; 64: 353–357
The information problem in global health
Abimbola S. BMJ Glob Health. 2016; 1(1): e900001
Partnerships for Global Health. A vision of co-development in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals. THET Strategic Plan 2016 - 2021
THET.
Short term global health experiences and local partnership models: a framework
Loh LC, Cherniak W, Dreifus BA et al. Global Health 2015; 11: 50
Charitable platforms in global surgery: a systematic review of their effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and role training
Shrime, MG, Sleemi A, Ravilla TD. World J Surg 2015; 39: 10–20
Philanthrocapitalism, past and present: The Rockefeller Foundation, the Gates Foundation, and the setting(s) of the international/global health agenda
Birn A-E. Hypothesis 2014, 12(1): e8
Global health ethics: an introduction to prominent theories and relevant topics
Stapleton G, Schröder-Bäck P, Laaser U et al. Glob Health Action. 2014; 7: 23569
Ethical considerations of global health partnerships. An introduction to global health ethics in Murphy J, Neufeld VR, Habte D et al. 2013. 117-128. Routledge
We learn from them, they learn from us
Kraeker C, Chandler C. Academic Medicine 2013; 88(4): 483-487
Ethics and clinical work in global health
Kiromera A, Philpott J, Marsh S et al. Chapter 7 pp 87-101. in Pinto AD, & Upshur REG. (Eds.). ist Edition 2013. An Introduction to Global Health Ethics. Routledge. London.
Capitalist philanthropy and hegemonic partnerships
Morvaridi B. Third World Quarterly 2012; 33:7, 1191-1210
Global health philanthropy and institutional relationships: how should conflicts of interest be addressed?
Stuckler D, Basu S, McKee M. PLoS Med 2011; 8(4): e1001020
Ethical concerns regarding operations by volunteer surgeons on vulnerable patient groups: the case of women with obstetric fistulas
Wall LL. HEC Forum. 2011 Jun; 23(2): 115-27
International health links movement expands in the United Kingdom
Leather AJM, Butterfield C, Peachey K et al. Int Health. 2010; 2:165–71
History of medicine. Medical volunteerism in Africa: an historical sketch
Olakanmi O, Perry PJ. Virtual Mentor. 2006; 8(12): 863-870
The concepts and principles of equity and health
Whitehead M. Int J Health Serv. 1992; 22(3): 429-445
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