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CLINICAL AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE OF NEUROSURGICAL CARE IN PATIENTS FROM BEYOND THE SOUTH BORDER OF TURKEY: CHALLENGES OF PATIENTS IN WAR     
Yazarlar (5)
Pınar Akdemir Özışık
Türkiye
Kubilay Murat Özdener
Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Ali Berkan URAL Doç. Dr. Ali Berkan URAL
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Uygur Er
Türkiye
Ali Savaş
Türkiye
Devamını Göster
Özet
Aim Because an increasing number of patients travel internationally to seek medical care, Turkey offers comprehensive and outstanding services under extraordinary conditions as a neighboring country to countries that have been at war for long periods. In the past 5 years, the number of foreign patients arriving in Turkey for surgery has increased fivefold. Subject and methods The clinical and surgical data for non-immigrant foreign neurosurgery patients presenting for elective surgery within a 3.5-year-period are reported in this study. Data for 148 patients were assessed. The majority of these non-refugee patients were from Iraq. Ethical and social problems related to patients’ hospitalizations, follow-up, and adjuvant therapies are discussed, as well as the variety of surgeries performed. Results In total, 167 neurosurgical procedures …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Foreign patients | Neurosurgery | Neurosurgical team | Medical tourism
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Journal Of Public Health
Dergi ISSN 1613-2238 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler E-SCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 06-2022
Cilt No 30
Sayı 6
Sayfalar 1431 / 1440
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s10389-020-01434-5
Makale Linki https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10389-020-01434-5