Variations in surgical practice: welcome diversity or disturbing differences
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 75 (7) , 630-631
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800750704
Abstract
The review examines the variations in surgical practice and assesses the value of surgical audit in quality control and allocation of surgical resources.Keywords
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