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Operating Room Leadership and Perioperative Practice Management Operating Room Leadership and Perioperative Practice Management
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Section 3 - Surgical and Anesthesia Practice Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2018

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Richard D. Urman  and
Charles J. Fox, III
Alan David Kaye
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Louisiana State University
Richard D. Urman
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Harvard Medical School
Charles J. Fox, III
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Louisiana State University, Shreveport
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