The Surgery of Poverty

Current Problems in Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 228-280

  Schecter, William P ^a   Charles, Anthony G ^b   Cornwell, Edward E ^c   Edelman, Peter ^d   Scarborough, John E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CAPITAL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; GENDER; GENERAL SURGERY; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INJURY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICS; POVERTY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGEON; SURVIVAL; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VOLUNTEER;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; POLITICS; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952173566     PISSN: 00113840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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