title: Life and times of an urban surgeon, circa 1990.
abstract: After considering some of the successes and failures of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons as they relate to the nonacademic surgeon, the author describes in detail the practice of one nonacademic urban surgeon to provide a historical record and a guide to the educational needs of such surgeons. He compares academic and nonacademic surgical practice, emphasizing the perhaps unrecognized benefits of the latter. Future change in nonurban general surgical practice is postulated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kelowna General Hospital, BC.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D013502:General Surgery; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000706:statistics & numerical data