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A surgeon's responsibility: their life in your hands
Author(s) -
Smith Joseph
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.574
Subject(s) - medicine , psychology , surgery
Surgeons literally take the life of their patients in their hands. In this article Joseph Smith describes the trust patients put in their surgeons and how surgeons have to respond to that trust, by only performing operations that they themselves know they are qualified and competent to perform.