title: The competent surgeon: individual accountability in the era of "systems" failure.
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. awhittemore@partners.org
authors.forename: Anthony D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Whittemore
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence; D013502:General Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010815:Physician Impairment; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013044:Specialty Boards