PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 5 , Pages 421-426, May 2009

The Practice of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in subSaharan Africa and Antarctica: A White Paper or a Black Mark?

  • Andrew J. Haig, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The University of Michigan, 325 E. Eisenhower, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.J.H.
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  • Jonathan Im

      Affiliations

    • Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Detroit, MI
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  • Ayodeji Adewole, MD

      Affiliations

    • SOS International, Accra, Ghana§
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  • Virgina S. Nelson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The University of Michigan Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Brian Krabak, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • The University of Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seattle, WA
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  • The International Rehabilitation Forum Commission on Physiatry in subSaharan Africa

Received 12 December 2008; accepted 13 December 2008.

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 This article will also appear in the European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Disability and Rehabilitation, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Chinese Journal of PM&R.

PII: S1934-1482(09)00152-X

doi:10.1016/j.pmrj.2008.12.012

PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 5 , Pages 421-426, May 2009