A partnership in courage

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1366-1371

  Mavroudis, Constantine ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ETHICS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SURGEON; THORAX SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; TRUST;

ATTITUDE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; THORACIC SURGERY; TRUST;

EID: 0037406285     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00346-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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