At the center of the "perfect storm": The patient

Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-292

  Rotondo, Michael F ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CARE SURGERY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; INJURY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 33847705325     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.01.002     Document Type: Editorial

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