The effects of stress on surgical performance

2006/01/01 by Cordula M. Wetzel, Roger L. Kneebone, Roger Kneebone +5 · 25 citations
Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Applied psychology #Clinical psychology #Coping (psychology) #Diversity and Career in Medicine #Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout #Medical education #Medicine #Psychology #Qualitative research #Stress (linguistics) #Stressor #Surgery #Surgical Simulation and Training #Surgical procedures

paper · doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.08.034

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