The surgical workforce crisis: Rising to the challenge of caring for an aging America

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 893-902

  Dvali, Linda ^a,b   Brenner, Michael J ^a,b   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a,b  

^a Washington Univ School of Medicine ^*

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORK; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

AGED; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444288110     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000105341.73322.E6     Document Type: Article

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