A psychological basis for anesthesiologists' operating room managerial decision-making on the day of surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 430-434

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Lee, John D ^b   Dow, Angella J ^a   Lubarsky, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 34547590228     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000268540.85521.84     Document Type: Article

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