Moving the cheese: a commentary on debate over the acute care surgery initiative

Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 414-419

  Esposito, Thomas J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAUMATOLOGY;

CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGERY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 34548124603     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.06.016     Document Type: Editorial

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