title: Frederick Douglass Stubbs Lecture. 'Veritas, dogma, and numbers'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Silen
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002755:Choice Behavior; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome