title: What makes war surgery different?
abstract: How can our military surgeons be optimally prepared for their roles in the combat setting? The recent training assignment of military surgeons to urban trauma centers is a necessary first step toward this elusive goal, although not conclusive preparation for carrying out surgery in a combat theater. The multiple dimensions of difference between combat and peacetime medical practice require continuing emphasis.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-4050.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hazen
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000193:education*; D014193:Trauma Centers; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare