Acute care surgery: Now that we have built it, will they come?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 463-469

  Coleman, Jamie J ^a   Esposito, Thomas J ^b   Rozycki, Grace S ^c   Feliciano, David V ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Fellowship; General surgery; Survey; Trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CARE SURGERY; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICINE; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875233398     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827a0bcf     Document Type: Article

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