The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 273-277 , August 2008

Broadcast of Surgical Procedures as a Teaching Instrument in Cardiothoracic Surgery

  • Robert M. Sade, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr Sade, Institute of Human Values in Health Care, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas St, Ste 409, Charleston, SC 29425
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  • American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Standards and Ethics Committee

      Affiliations

    • American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee—Drs Robert M. Sade, Charleston, South Carolina (Chair); Cary W. Akins, Boston, Massachusetts; Joseph J. Amato, Chicago, Illinois; James W. Jones, Houston, Texas, and Andrew S. Wechsler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Standards and Ethics Committee—Drs Robert M. Sade, Charleston, South Carolina (Chair); Mark S. Allen, Rochester, Minnesota; David N. Campbell, Aurora, Colorado; Richard M. Engelman, Springfield, Massachusetts; Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, Illinois; Steven W. Guyton, Seattle, Washington; John W. Hammon Jr, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Sidney Levitsky, Boston, Massachusetts; John E. Mayer Jr, Boston, Massachusetts; Eric N. Mendeloff, Dallas, Texas; Mark B. Orringer, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Ross M. Ungerleider, Portland, Oregon; Donald C. Watson, Biltmore Forest, North Carolina; and Walter G. Wolfe, Durham, North Carolina.

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 This article is being published simultaneously in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

PII: S0022-5223(08)00856-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.06.015

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 273-277 , August 2008

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