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"First, do no harm": balancing competing priorities in surgical practice.

Leung A, Luu S, Regehr G, et al. "First, do no harm": balancing competing priorities in surgical practice. Acad Med. 2012;87(10):1368-74.

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July 2, 2014
Leung A, Luu S, Regehr G, et al. Acad Med. 2012;87(10):1368-74.
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This qualitative study used interviews with faculty surgeons at an academic medical center to explore factors behind intraoperative decision-making. Although surgeons openly acknowledged that some external factors, like production pressures, affected their decisions, the authors noted less willingness to discuss authority gradients or monetary incentives.

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Leung A, Luu S, Regehr G, et al. "First, do no harm": balancing competing priorities in surgical practice. Acad Med. 2012;87(10):1368-74.