Achieving Excellence

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 368-370

  Bove, Edward L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING; THORAX SURGERY; TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349147099     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.131     Document Type: Article

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