Acute care surgery: real or imagined threat to the general surgeon

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 862-863

  Jurkovich, Gregory J ^a   Rozycki, Grace S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; SPECIALIZATION; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77953667787     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.010     Document Type: Editorial

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