Is surgical mystique a myth and double standard the reality?

Medical Humanities

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 66-70

  Michel, L A ^a   Johnson, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036905259     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mh.28.2.66     Document Type: Article

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