Early specialization in surgery: The new frontier

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 187-191

  Longo, Walter E ^a,b   Sumpio, Bauer ^a   Duffy, Andrew ^a   Seashore, John ^a   Udelsman, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LH 118 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CAREER CHOICE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; SPECIALISM; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 58149098619     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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