The Surgeon
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 20-27 , February 2010

Assessing professionalism in surgeons

  • J.S. Dreyer

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Received 14 October 2009 ,Accepted 22 October 2009.

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Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 20-27 , February 2010

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