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The quick knife : unnecessary surgery U.S.A.

Title: The quick knife : unnecessary surgery U.S.A. / Duane F. Stroman.
Author: Stroman, Duane F.
Publication: Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press, 1979.

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Description

xi, 192 pages; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Kennikat Press national university publications

Uniform Title

Kennikat Press national university publications.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Too much surgery, who says? -- Case studies in unnecessary surgery -- Unneccessary surgery, what do you mean? -- Surgery as a placebo -- How much unnecessary surgery? : retrospective evidence -- More evidence and the search for causes -- More evidence : second opinions and politics -- The quality of American surgery -- Too many surgeons? -- Surgical fees, fee splitting, and ghost surgery -- Changing people : plastic surgery -- Coronary artery bypass surgery : some questions -- Postscript : on improving honesty and quality in surgical care.

ISBN

0804692262
9780804692267

LCCN

78031791

OCLC

ocm04570015
4570015
SCSB-4688

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library