Open AccessGeneral or Specialist Surgeons?
Author(s) -
Shrestha Bm
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.198
Subject(s) - medicine , general surgery , family medicine
General Surgery is a broad surgical specialty that focuses on diseases related to abdominal organs,skins and hernias, both in elective and emergency settings. With the prevalent trend for increasingsubspecialisation in today's surgical practice, general surgery has lost some of its former glory andscope. This has led to suffering of the image of the general surgeons (GS) in the eyes of trainees,peers, the public and even GS themselves. A comprehensive review of literature is presented toaddress the controversy surrounding the role and future of general and specialist surgeons in thecurrent perspectives.Key Words: emergency, general surgeons, specialists, surgery