Surgery as an industry
Subtitle: evolution or revolution?
By: guest editors, Ronald F. Martin, Vijay P. Khatri; consulting editor, Ronald F. Martin.
Contributors: Khatri, Vijay P.; Martin, Ronald F., M.D.
Series: Surgical clinics of North America -- v. 87, no. 4
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 964
ISBN-13: 9781416051251
Subjects: Surgery -- North America.; Surgical clinics -- North America.
Notes: "August 2007."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Surgical workforce : averting a patient access crisis / Thomas R. Russell; value: Graduate medical education in surgery in the United States / Richard H. Bell ... [et al.]; value: Certification and maintenance of certification in surgery / Robert S. Rhodes and Thomas W. Biester; value: Assessing the quality of surgical care / Aaron S. Fink, Kamal M. Itani, and Darrell C. Campbell, Jr.; value: Safe introduction of new procedures and emerging technologies in surgery : education, credentialing, and privileging / Ajit K. Sachdeva and Thomas R. Russell; value: Patient safety and quality in surgery / Michael H. McCafferty and Hiram C. Polk; value: Employers flex their muscles as health care purchasers / Suzanne Delbanco; value: Role of the expert witness / Laurance Jerrold; value: Comprehensive primer of surgical informed consent / James W. Jones, Lawrence B. McCullough, and Bruce W. Richman; value: Withdrawing life-sustaining treatment : ethical considerations / Sharon Reynolds, Andrew B. Cooper, and Martin McKneally; value: Effect of patients' noncompliance on their surgeons' obligations / Jay A. Jacobson; value: Global impact of surgical volunteerism / Kathleen M. Casey.