A fire in our hearts: Passion and the art of surgery

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 364-370

  Singletary, S Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMOTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDLINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; STUDENT DROPOUTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77149141791     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0732-x     Document Type: Review

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