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Publish or Perish but Pursue Decolonization: The Complexities of Global Surgery Authorship

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  1. Paediatric Surgery Unit, Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda

    Felix Oyania

  2. Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, DUMC, Box 3815, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Tamara N. Fitzgerald

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Oyania, F., Fitzgerald, T.N. Publish or Perish but Pursue Decolonization: The Complexities of Global Surgery Authorship. World J Surg 46, 2326–2327 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-022-06698-4

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