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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS │Standard of Care Guidelines for Concurrent Overlapping Surgeries
The Operation—Intraoperative Responsibility of the Primary Surgeon General Statement The primary attending surgeon is personally responsible for the patient’s welfare throughout the operation. In general, the patient’s primary attending surgeon should be in the operating suite or should be immediately … Continue reading →
Medical Malpractice and Surgeons’ Sleep Deprivation and Patient Safety
Research shows that a surgeon who has been working for 24 hours is impaired as much as a drunk person in thinking and motor function. So should patients have a right to know if their doctor has been up all … Continue reading →
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