Participatory Healthcare Done God's Way

Our Goals are to: Provide a set of Best Practices (Goals and Recommendations) which are Biblically guided, consistent with ethical standards and common-sense experience.
    i) Develop consensus guidelines for short term healthcare missions
    ii) This should be a continuous process (i.e.Wikipedia)
    iii) Post the Best Practices on a separate website
    iv) Obtain signatory parties who will abide by the Best Practices
    v) Publish the Best Practice Guidelines 

WORKING GROUP MEETING (Open meeting)
8:30 AM -4:00 PM September 18, 2008
School of Psychology Building, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
Current Agenda (PDF) doc

Feedback form: Have you had problems on a short term medical/healthcare mission team which led to a ineffective ministry effort?

UPDATED CONSENSUS DOCUMENTS

Integrated view relative to Standards of Excellence for Short Term Missions, Version 1.1 (PDF) doc

Expired medications, Version 1.2 (PDF)   doc

Experimental medications, Version 1.1 (PDF)  doc

Informed consent, Version 1.2 (PDF) doc

Avoiding Dependency, Version 1.2 (PDF) doc

Strengthening the Church Version 1.2 (PDF) doc

Effective Partnerships, Version 1.2 (PDF) doc

Malpractice Issues, Version 1.2 (PDF) doc

Medical Record Piecuch Version (PDF)

Short-term missions Team Safety 1.1 (PDF) doc

Clinic operation, Version 1.1 (PDF) doc

Bribery, Version 1.2 (PDF)  doc

COMING SOON

Medical Record

OBTAINING IN-COUNTRY LICENSES  - Peter Yorgin MD

A
Afghanistan – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Akrotiri and Dhekelia – Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK overseas territory)
Albania – Republic of Albania
Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Angola – Republic of Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia – Republic of Armenia
Aruba (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan[12]

B
Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus – Republic of Belarus
Belize
Benin – Republic of Benin
Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina[13]
Botswana – Republic of Botswana
Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil
Brunei – Negara Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi – Republic of Burundi

C
Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon
Canada[14]
Cape Verde – Republic of Cape Verde
Cayman Islands (UK overseas territory)
Central African Republic[15]
Chad – Republic of Chad
Chile – Republic of Chile
China – People's Republic of China[16]
For "China, Republic of", see Taiwan
Christmas Island – Territory of Christmas Island (Australian overseas territory)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian overseas territory)
Colombia – Republic of Colombia
Comoros – Union of the Comoros
Congo – Democratic Republic of the Congo[17]
Congo – Republic of the Congo[18]
Cook Islands (Associated state of New Zealand)
Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia – Republic of Croatia
Cuba – Republic of Cuba
Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus[19]
Czech Republic[20]

D
Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
For "Dhekelia", see Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti
Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica
Dominican Republic

E
East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt
El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea – State of Eritrea
Estonia – Republic of Estonia
Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

F
Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)[21]
Faroe Islands (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
Fiji – Republic of the Fiji Islands
Finland – Republic of Finland
France – French Republic
French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity)

G
Gabon – Gabonese Republic
Gambia, The – Republic of The Gambia
Georgia[22]
Germany – Federal Republic of Germany
Ghana – Republic of Ghana
Gibraltar (UK overseas territory)
Greece – Hellenic Republic
Greenland (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
Grenada
Guam – Territory of Guam (US organized territory)
Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
Guernsey – Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown dependency)[23]
Guinea – Republic of Guinea
Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana

H
Haiti – Republic of Haiti
Honduras – Republic of Honduras
Hong Kong – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)[24]
Hungary – Republic of Hungary

I
Iceland – Republic of Iceland
India – Republic of India
Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia
Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran
Iraq – Republic of Iraq
Ireland - Ireland[25]
Isle of Man (British Crown dependency)
Israel – State of Israel
Italy – Italian Republic
For "Ivory Coast", see Côte d'Ivoire

J
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey – Bailiwick of Jersey (British Crown dependency)
Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K
Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan
Kenya – Republic of Kenya
Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati
Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea[26]
Korea, South – Republic of Korea[27]
Kosovo – Republic of Kosovo[3]
Kuwait – State of Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic[28]

L
Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia – Republic of Latvia
Lebanon – Republic of Lebanon
Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho
Liberia – Republic of Liberia
Libya – Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania
Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M
Macao – Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)[29]
Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia[30]
Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar
Malawi – Republic of Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives – Republic of Maldives
Mali – Republic of Mali
Malta – Republic of Malta
Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands
Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius
Mayotte – Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (French overseas collectivity)
Mexico – United Mexican States
Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia
Moldova – Republic of Moldova[31]
Monaco – Principality of Monaco
Mongolia - Republic of Mongolia
Montenegro – Republic of Montenegro
Montserrat (UK overseas territory)
Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco[32]
Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique
Myanmar – Union of Myanmar

N
Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic[6]
Namibia – Republic of Namibia
Nauru – Republic of Nauru
Nepal – State of Nepal
Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands[33]
Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
New Caledonia – Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (French community sui generis)
New Zealand
Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
Niger – Republic of Niger
Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria
Niue (Associated state of New Zealand)
Norfolk Island – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australian overseas territory)
Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus[4]
Northern Mariana Islands – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US commonwealth)
For "North Korea", see Korea, North
Norway – Kingdom of Norway

O
Oman – Sultanate of Oman

P
Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Palau – Republic of Palau
Palestine – Occupied Palestinian Territories[34]
Panama – Republic of Panama
Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
For "People's Republic of China", see China
Peru – Republic of Peru
Carta Collegio Medico doc  PDF
Philippines – Republic of the Philippines
Pitcairn Islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory)
Poland – Republic of Poland
Portugal – Portuguese Republic
For "Pridnestrovie", see Transnistria
Puerto Rico – Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US commonwealth)

Q
Qatar – State of Qatar

R
Romania
Russia – Russian Federation
Rwanda – Republic of Rwanda

S
Saint Barthélemy – Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (French overseas collectivity)
Saint Helena (UK overseas territory)
Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin – Collectivity of Saint Martin (French overseas collectivity)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French overseas collectivity)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa – Independent State of Samoa
San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Senegal – Republic of Senegal
Serbia – Republic of Serbia[35]
Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles
Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone
Singapore – Republic of Singapore
Slovakia – Slovak Republic
Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia[36]
Somaliland – Republic of Somaliland[8]
South Africa – Republic of South Africa
For "South Korea", see Korea, South
South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia[9]
Spain – Kingdom of Spain
Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Sudan – Republic of the Sudan
Suriname – Republic of Suriname
Svalbard (Territory of Norway)[37]
Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland
Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden
Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
Syria – Syrian Arab Republic

T
Taiwan – Republic of China [38]
Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan
Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania
Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand
For "Timor-Leste", see East Timor
Togo – Togolese Republic
Tokelau (Overseas territory of New Zealand)
Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
Transnistria – Transnistrian Moldovan Republic[7]
Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Tristan da Cunha (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
Tunisia – Tunisian Republic
Turkey – Republic of Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK overseas territory)
Tuvalu

U
Uganda – Republic of Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States – United States of America
Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Uzbekistan – Republic of Uzbekistan

V
Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu
Vatican City – State of the Vatican City[39]
Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Virgin Islands, British – British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory)
Virgin Islands, United States – United States Virgin Islands (US organized territory)

W
Wallis and Futuna – Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (French overseas collectivity)
Western Sahara - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[40]

Y
Yemen – Republic of Yemen

Z
For "Zaire", see Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zambia – Republic of Zambia
Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe

Comments? Contact Dr Dan O'Neill at dwoneill7@msn.com