Community Dermatology: Current Status and the Way Forward
Neelakandhan Asokan
Abstract:Community health interventions in dermatology have the potential to deliver healthcare to large populations. Such interventions can bridge the gap between increasing demands from vast populations and limited availability and asymmetric geographical distribution of specialist doctors. This narrative review aims to delineate various areas in which community dermatology initiatives are useful, the different approaches used, and the factors which could determine their effectiveness. We did a PubMed search using th… Show more
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