Integrated bariatric surgery residency

Obesity is a major public health concern. Given its lasting efficacy for improving obesity and obesity-related diseases, bariatric surgery is an increasingly common treatment option. As the implementation of the Affordable Care Act progresses, the impending physician shortage will become more severe...

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Autor principal: Eltorai, Adam EM
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Perspectives
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4235488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25419151
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S52215
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description Obesity is a major public health concern. Given its lasting efficacy for improving obesity and obesity-related diseases, bariatric surgery is an increasingly common treatment option. As the implementation of the Affordable Care Act progresses, the impending physician shortage will become more severe. Thus there will be an even greater need for doctors specialized in the management and treatment of obese patients. The development of integrated bariatric surgery residency programs could be considered and is discussed herein.
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spelling pubmed-42354882014-11-21 Integrated bariatric surgery residency Eltorai, Adam EM Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes Perspectives Obesity is a major public health concern. Given its lasting efficacy for improving obesity and obesity-related diseases, bariatric surgery is an increasingly common treatment option. As the implementation of the Affordable Care Act progresses, the impending physician shortage will become more severe. Thus there will be an even greater need for doctors specialized in the management and treatment of obese patients. The development of integrated bariatric surgery residency programs could be considered and is discussed herein. Dove Medical Press 2014-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4235488/ /pubmed/25419151 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S52215 Text en © 2014 Eltorai. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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