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When should surgeons stop operating?

July 1, 2015

Whitehead N. National Public Radio. June 18, 2015.

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The competency of surgeons as they age has been debated as a risk to patient safety. This news article describes concerns about the aging population of surgeons in the United States and an American Medical Association effort to develop guidelines to assess skills of older physicians.

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