Reconstructive breast surgery: Referring physician knowledge and learning needs

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1441-1450

  Wanzel, Kyle R ^a   Brown, Mitchell H ^a   Anastakis, Dimitri J ^a   Regehr, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0036838962     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200211000-00008     Document Type: Article

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