Service: 2010 Western Trauma Association presidential address.
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Service is central to the mission of a trauma surgeon and inextricably interwoven into our professional lives and activities. It is important to recognize the role that professional associations play in leveraging service as well as the need to continue to cultivate the ethic of service in medical education and in our training programs.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of trauma
دوره 70 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011