New professional roles in surgery

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7495, 2005, Pages 803-804

  Kneebone, Roger ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; COMPETENCE; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SURGERY;

EID: 17144402578     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7495.803     Document Type: Editorial

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