Dermatologic clinics
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Dermatologic clinics · Jan 1999
ReviewThe dermatologist's Baedeker. Preparation for medical assistance missions.
Dermatologists often participate in medical assistance missions in developing nations, achieving both humanitarian and personal objectives. This term outreach mission abroad and will serve as a guide for preparing oneself, personally and professionally, for the practical and philosophical aspects of humanitarian assistance. It will help one participate in such an endeavor in a safe, comfortable, healthy, productive, and enjoyable manner.
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Severe cutaneous disease and injury often is best treated in the specialized treatment environment of a burn center. Skilled burn treatment personnel combine critical care expertise with extensive clinical experience in the management of severe cutaneous injury and disease. ⋯ Recent research indicates that the burn wound is a dynamic structure whose ultimate extent is modifiable by manipulations of the local anatomic and molecular environment. The many unanswered questions on the pathogenesis and treatment of both the "medical" and "surgical" cutaneous processes require close collaboration between the dermatologist and the burn team.