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When is the surgeon too old to operate?
February 13, 2019
Span P. New York Times. February 1, 2019.
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Cognitive and functional decline can occur as individuals age. Concerns have been raised regarding the need to assess skills of aging physicians. This newspaper article reports on the implementation of mandatory evaluation programs to assess competencies of older surgeons and the profession's response to them.
