Ethical Guidance for Medical Schools and Medical Students in High-Income Countries for Clinical Electives in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
Authors
Assistant professor, Department of Global Public Health and Bioethics, University Medical Center Utrecht
Lara Alessandra de Luca
Medical doctor (and a medical student at the time of the study), University Medical Center Utrecht
Medical doctor and PhD candidate (and a medical student at the time of the study), Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
Associate professor, Department of Global Public Health and Bioethics, University Medical Center Utrecht
Head of the Division of Clinical Public Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Post-doctoral fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, GH; Assistant professor in the Department of Global Health, University Medical Center Utrecht
Full professor, Department of Global Public Health and Bioethics, University Medical Center Utrecht
Full professor, Department of Global Public Health and Bioethics, University Medical Center Utrecht
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.2150 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
Language: English
Page range: 600 - 620
Submitted on: Oct 8, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 10, 2026
Published on: Jul 14, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2026 Judith van de Kamp, Lara Alessandra de Luca, Cato Elisabeth Andree Corsten, Joyce Linda Browne, Ross Upshur, Hannah Brown Amoakoh, Johannes van Delden, Rieke van der Graaf, published by Ubiquity Press
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