Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 210, Issue 3 , Pages 306-313 , March 2010

Patients Benefit While Surgeons Suffer: An Impending Epidemic

Presented at the American College of Surgeons 94th Annual Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA, October 2008.

Received 12 September 2009 ,Revised 22 October 2009 ,Accepted 27 October 2009.

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Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 210, Issue 3 , Pages 306-313 , March 2010

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