Acute care surgery: Challenges and opportunities from the neurosurgical perspective

Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-323

  Valadka, Alex B ^a   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^b   Wirth Jr , Fremont P ^c   Laws Jr , Edward R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Neurological Institute of Savannah   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CARE SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEUROSURGERY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33847653854     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.01.009     Document Type: Editorial

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