Perspectives on the profession.

Abstract:

:In his presidential address to the Southwestern Surgical Congress, he examines surgery as a profession from three different perspectives: his experience as a patient, a surgeon, and a photographer. He uses photography to illustrate the importance of perspective and illumination. He respectfully suggests that we should consciously choose to reframe the profession from a different perspective that accurately reflects its beauty. He also advises that we take effort to shine a gentle, soft light on the profession, a light that will reveal the beauty, the true beauty, of the profession. And finally, he submits that it is our responsibility to consciously and faithfully maintain and defend the profession from enemies inside and outside its borders.

journal_name

Am J Surg

authors

Stewart RM

doi

10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.09.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-12-01 00:00:00

pages

965-71

issue

6

eissn

0002-9610

issn

1879-1883

pii

S0002-9610(15)00551-6

journal_volume

210

pub_type

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