Time to consider nonphysician anaesthesia providers in Europe?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 761-762

  Clergue, François ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUROPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; NURSE ANESTHETIST; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; SEDATION;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EUROPE; HUMANS; NURSING; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS;

EID: 77956835364     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32833c1bb3     Document Type: Note

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