Surgeons' and anesthesiologists' perceptions of turnover times

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 440-444

  Masursky, Danielle ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^b   Isaacson, Sheldon A ^a   Nussmeier, Nancy A ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SURGEON; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 79251614850     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182043049     Document Type: Article

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