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Surgery in Panama
Luis S. Mon Barrios, FACS;
Rafael Andrade Alegre, FACS
Arch Surg. 2003;138:105-107.
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INTRODUCTION
Like the country itself, the profession of surgery in Panama is young, and still largely unregulated. Many changes are taking place that will affect the way surgery is practiced in the near future. Some of them are good and necessary, while others are not quite so. For most of the 20th century, the private sector was the driving force behind innovations, but the current economic situation has made it almost disappear, with no foreseeable change in the near future.
GENERALITIES
Panama is a country of 2 839 177 inhabitants distributed throughout an area of 75 517 km2, with 1 358 357 living in the capital city and its outskirts. Its gross domestic product is 10 billion Balboas, and the per capita income is US $3000.1 Spanish is the official language, though in the medical and business communities, English is in common use. The literacy percentage is . . . [Full Text of this Article]
HISTORY
SURGICAL WORKFORCE
ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH SERVICES
The Social Security Institution The Ministry of Health Private Medicine Coordinadora Nacional de Salud
SURGICAL EDUCATION
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
SURGICAL SOCIETIES
MODERN TECHNOLOGIES
WHAT A GENERAL SURGEON DOES IN PANAMA
CONCLUSIONS
From the Department of Surgery, Hospital Santo Tomás, Panama City, Panama.
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