THE COMING SHORTAGE OF SURGEONS: Why They Are Disappearing and What That Means for Our Health

The Coming Shortage of Surgeons: Why They Are Disappearing and What That Means for Our Health

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-195

  Williams, Thomas E ^e   Satiani, Bhagwan ^a   Ellison, E Christopher ^b   Russell, Thomas R ^c   Silver, Julie ^d  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE

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