The ageing surgeon

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 196, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Waxman, Bruce P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RETIREMENT; SKILL RETENTION; WORK CAPACITY; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETIREMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84861630505     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10550     Document Type: Article

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