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Jack Smyth: A major contribution to surgery
Author(s) -
Wright J. E.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2001.01997.x
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , opposition (politics) , general surgery , management , law , politics , political science , economics
This personal comment records the contributions of the late Dr John Smyth and Royal Newcastle Hospital to surgical audit and surgical training. Smyth introduced surgical audit to this country against considerable professional opposition. The first publication on the subject appeared in The Medical Journal of Australia in 1959.