A study on surgical knowledge of house officers and their role in consent

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-110

  Arumugam, P J ^a   Harikrishnan, A B ^a   Carr, N D ^a   Morgan, A R ^a   Beynon, J ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRECTOMY; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; STANDARD; SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SURGERY;

EID: 0037315731     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2003.64.2.1816     Document Type: Review

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