The surgical personality: Fact or fiction

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 573-577

  Thomas, James H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 4002 Murphy Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; PERSONALITY; SURGERY;

EID: 0031442589     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00208-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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