RT Journal
A1 Barrios L, Alegre R
T1 SUrgery in panama
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 2003
FD January 1
VO 138
IS 1
SP 105
OP 107
DO 10.1001/archsurg.138.1.105
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.138.1.105
AB 
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.