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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

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01-04-2015 | Editorials

Perioperative medicine: why do we care?

Author: Homer Yang, MD

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 4/2015

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In the article, “Perioperative fellowship curricula in anesthesiology: a systematic review”, which appears in this issue of the Journal, the authors note that there is “a paucity of published literature on what perioperative care entails as well as what perioperative fellowships should include in their curricula”.1 This assessment of the current state of perioperative training and research is timely if we are to be prescient about the future directions of research and training in our speciality. …

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Title: Perioperative medicine: why do we care?
Author: Homer Yang, MD
Publication date: 01-04-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-015-0321-3

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