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The Internet for Surgeons

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Jeff W. Allen

    1. Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School Medicine, Louisville, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. What Is the Internet?

    Pages 1-4

  3. History of the Internet

    Pages 5-9

  4. What Can the Internet Do for Me?

    Pages 10-13

  5. Connecting to the Internet

    Pages 14-19

  6. All that Glitters Is Not Gold

    Pages 20-25

  7. Finding the Information You Want

    Pages 26-32

  8. Clinical Trials, Literature Searches, and Telemedicine

    Pages 33-40

  9. Electronic Mail

    Pages 41-51

  10. Chatting Online

    Pages 52-57

  11. Continuing Medical Education

    Pages 58-62

  12. Becoming a Presence on the Internet

    Pages 63-69

  13. Web Page Resources by Surgical Specialty

    Pages 70-110

  14. Health-Related Internet Resources

    Pages 111-113

  15. Nonmedical Web Pages

    Pages 114-118

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 119-152
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About this book

Advances in surgery have reached an exponential scale, and the changes of the last decade of the twentieth century have become common pr- tice. Imagination and foresight are the more visible standards for prof- sional appointments than ever before. The fiber optic cable, computer, and Internet are the workhorses of this sea-change, and surgeons must master all of them to remain intellectually and technically up-to-date. There can be no better explanation for the genuine need for this book. The transmission of knowledge and technical skills from one generation to another has been a common practice in surgery for nearly 200 years. Past experiences of surgeons have focused upon an understanding of disease states, a prompt diagnosis of a correctable illness and its appropriate eva- ation, and most importantly, the technical conduct of an operation, where indicated, to provide relief to and/or cure of the patient. Fascinatingly, this little book tends to fulfill that same role with respect to the newly emerged technology of the Internet, computation, and telemedicine. In essence, this book seeks, and to a remarkable degree, achieves the transmission of both knowledge and technical skill in an easily usable and clearly written format. Jeff W. Allen has provided an educational orientation with which he is familiar, both as a recent pupil and now as a teacher of surgical pro- dures. This is not unlike the kind of education that has gone on between trainee surgeons and master surgeons around the world. In this case, Dr.

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"This text is an introductory review on the Internet and computers, specifically aimed at surgeons. It successfully synthesizes the information that is of interest to surgeons … . It is highly recommended as an excellent educational resource for surgeons who are starting to gain experience with computers and the Internet. It provides an important key to unlocking the gates to the information highway that surgeons are increasingly required to traverse." (M. Elahi, European Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 26 (4), 2003)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School Medicine, Louisville, USA

    Jeff W. Allen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Internet for Surgeons

  • Authors: Jeff W. Allen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b97224

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95319-9

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-21514-3

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 152

  • Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Communication Networks, Surgery, Popular Computer Science

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