National survey of surgical morbidity and mortality conferences

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 708-714

  Gore, Dennis C ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Error analysis; Quality assurance; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURGICAL WARD; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MORBIDITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646089669     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.01.029     Document Type: Article

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