Predicting quality in surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-130

  Finlayson, E ^a   Nelson, H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; GENERAL SURGERY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGERY;

EID: 13944264716     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4940     Document Type: Editorial

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