Patient safety and surgeons: why the resistance?

Eddie L Hoover

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Patient safety and surgeons: why the resistance?

January 2, 2008

Hoover EL. Arch Surg. 2007;142(12):1127-8.

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A surgeon reflects on personal experiences during his training and career to illustrate why surgeons are slow to adopt behaviors to improve patient safety.

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