Improving the quality of the surgical morbidity and mortality conference: A prospective intervention study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 824-830

  Mitchell, Erica L ^a   Lee, Dae Y ^a,b   Arora, Sonal ^c   Kenney Moore, Pat ^a   Liem, Timothy K ^a   Landry, Gregory J ^a   Moneta, Gregory L ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kadlec Medical Center   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878924067     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828f87fe     Document Type: Article

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