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.
    • ,
  • Jonathan Im

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

Received 12 December 2008 ,Accepted 13 December 2008.

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 Disclosure Key can be found on the Table of Contents and at www.pmrjournal.org

 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

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