title: Ernest A. Codman, MD (1869-1940), the end result idea, and The Product of a Hospital. The challenge of a man ahead of his time and perhaps ours.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: McLendon
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards; D010336:Pathology / Q000266:history; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States