Breaking the silence of the switch - Increasing transparency about trainee participation in surgery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 2477-2479

  McAlister, Chryssa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SURGICAL TRAINING; EDUCATION; ETHICS; GENERAL SURGERY; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

CURRICULUM; DISCLOSURE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84932634680     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1502901     Document Type: Article

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