TY  - JOUR
T1  - TRauma care study
AU  - Sukoff MH
Y1  - 1979/12/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370360095014
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 1441
EP  - 1442
VL  - 114
IS  - 12
N2  - To the Editor.—Early in their careers, physicians are taught the responsibility of accuracy and validity. Abuse of a scientific forum is a serious matter, with wide-ranging implications for individual patient care and medicolegal issues. Drs West, Trunkey, and Lim in the Archives (114:455-460, 1979) described a method and offered conclusions relating to comparisons of the quality of emergency medical care between two geographical areas. The report almost totally avoids the qualifications necessary for a valid scientific presentation. The Society of Neurologic Surgeons of Orange County, Calif, has determined that none of the authors of this report is either a neurosurgeon or a neuropathologist, or has ever consulted with members of either specialty. The authors are thus unqualified to assess care of patients with injuries to the CNS. Furthermore, a committee of the Society of Neurological Surgeons of Orange County has reviewed the available CNS-injury material of their report and
SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370360095014
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370360095014
ER  -