Barbarians at the gate

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 695-699

  Sandberg, Warren S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSPROPOFOL; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DRUG MARKETING; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE ANESTHETIST; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SEDATION; SURGEON; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ANESTHESIA; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; ROBOTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 70149094365     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181af803e     Document Type: Editorial

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