'Challenge' and 'threat' states in surgery: Implications for surgical performance and training

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 795-796

  McGrath, John S ^a   Moore, Lee ^b   Wilson, Mark R ^b   Freeman, Paul ^b   Vine, Samuel ^b  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ANXIETY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; NOTE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SURGEON; SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052093837     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10558.x     Document Type: Note

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