The evolution of a vascular surgeon at a district general hospital: Is sub-specialisation inevitable?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 272-274

  Sutton, C D ^a   Gilmour, J P ^a   Berry, D P ^a   Lewis, M H ^a  

^a ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; District general hospital; Sub specialisation; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; ENDARTERECTOMY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; SURGEON; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

ARTERIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALISM; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WALES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033943852     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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