Clinical case reports and case series research in evaluating surgery. Part I. The context: General aspects of evaluation applied to surgery

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Jenicek, Milos ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case series research; Clinical case reports; Error in surgery; Evaluation in surgery

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ERROR;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SURGERY;

EID: 52249110033     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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