Are generalists still needed in a specialised world? The renaissance of general surgery

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7232, 2000, Pages 436-438

  Loefler, I J P ^a,b  

^a Nairobi Hospital   (Kenya)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SHORT SURVEY; SURGEON;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPECIALISM; SURGERY; TEACHING;

EID: 0034639778     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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