Regionalization of care: centralizing complex surgical procedures
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The real reasons behind complex surgical procedures.
The further that I read into Whittle and colleagues’ editorial on patients’ optimism about percutaneous coronary interventions, the more the suspense grew. Imagine my surprise when I found no real reference to the effect of the cardiologist’s needs and wants on the frequency of the procedure being offered. The more powerful person in the therapeutic relationship is the doctor, not the patient, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Clinical Practice Urology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1743-4270,1743-4289
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro0322