20 years ago in the AORN Journal

AORN Journal,  Jan, 2007  

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An author states that the selection of appropriate patients for ambulatory surgery generates as many problems and controversies today as it did in 1909 when outpatient procedures were being performed at a children's hospital in Scotland. * An article explains in situ artery bypass surgery to salvage arteries in patients whose legs are affected by atherosclerosis.

* A news item indicates that lung cancer is gradually replacing breast cancer as the number one cause of cancer deaths among women in industrialized countries. * An article examines health care from a marketing perspective, including regarding individuals as customers rather than patients.

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