Ott Barbara B, Olson Robert M
College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA.
HEC Forum. 2011 Jun;23(2):105-13. doi: 10.1007/s10730-011-9154-9.
Surgery is an important part of health care worldwide. Without access to surgical treatments, morbidity and mortality increase. Access to surgical treatment is a significant problem in global public health because surgical services are not equally distributed in the world. There is a disproportionate scarcity of surgical access in low-income countries. There are many charitable organizations around the world that sponsor surgical missions to under served nations. One such organization is Operation Smile International, a group with which both authors have volunteered. This paper will describe the purpose and processes involved in Operation Smile and identify some of the key ethical issues that arise in short term medical volunteer work highlighting the importance of sustainability.
手术是全球医疗保健的重要组成部分。如果无法获得外科治疗，发病率和死亡率将会上升。获得外科治疗是全球公共卫生领域的一个重大问题，因为外科服务在世界上分布不均。低收入国家在外科治疗可及性方面存在严重的短缺。世界各地有许多慈善组织赞助前往医疗服务不足国家的外科医疗任务。“微笑行动”国际组织就是这样一个组织，两位作者都曾在该组织做过志愿者。本文将描述“微笑行动”的目的和流程，并指出短期医疗志愿者工作中出现的一些关键伦理问题，强调可持续性的重要性。
