Contemporary Issues in Rural Surgery

Current Problems in Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 263-318

  Cogbill, Thomas H ^a   Cofer, Joseph B ^b   Jarman, Benjamin T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBSTETRICS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RECTUM SURGERY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAUMATOLOGY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; UROLOGY; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND CARE;

CURRICULUM; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIFE STYLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859704058     PISSN: 00113840     EISSN: 15356337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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