Drug donations to medically underserved areas should abide by principles of pharmaceutical donation such as those formulated by the WHO.

Analysis of three studies that say medical students and residents are more comfortable communicating and treating patients who differ from them after international electives and cultural sensitivity training.

A medical student, resident and long-time physician volunteer tell medical students how to make the most of international elective experiences.

The editor, whose interest in international health and medical ethics began after she volunteered at a rural health clinic in Haiti as an undergraduate, introduces an issue on medical student volunteerism abroad.

Argument that all physicians are bound by an ethical imperative to offer volunteer care for medically underserved populations.

A medical student, resident and long-time physician volunteer tell medical students how to make the most of international elective experiences.

Humanitarian support for refugees in host nations provides better care and services for the refugees than the host nation can supply for its own citizens.

Students who take international electives must be sensitive to the impact of their presence and to possible risks to patients' safety and their own, and must ask whether their motives for going abroad are overly self-serving.

Sets the ethical limits of student participation in patient care when the students are part of foreign medical teams.

Albert Schweitzer's career as a pioneer medical missionary in Africa stands as an example for today's physicians.