Roger T. Sherman Lecture. Surgical quality and safety: the patient comes first.
Polk
Hiram C
HC
Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, The Price Institute of Surgical Research, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
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