Physicians assistants in cardiothoracic surgery: A 30-year experience in a university center

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 195-200

  Thourani, Vinod H ^a   Miller Jr , Joseph I ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALARY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TUBE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK;

EID: 29144528067     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.07.031     Document Type: Article

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