Why do surgeons continue to perform unnecessary surgery?

Patient Safety in Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Stahel, Philip F ^a   VanderHeiden, Todd F ^a   Kim, Fernando J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPONSIBILITY; SURGEON; SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85009402293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17549493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13037-016-0117-6     Document Type: Editorial

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