TY - BOOK ID - 7909629 TI - The internet for surgeons PY - 2002 SN - 1280187786 9786610187782 038721514X 0387953191 PB - New York : Springer-Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Electronic books. -- local. KW - Internet. KW - Medicine -- Computer network resources. KW - Surgery KW - Internet KW - Surgeons KW - Computer Communication Networks KW - Computer Systems KW - Computing Methodologies KW - Information Science KW - Surgery & Anesthesiology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Surgery - General and By Type KW - Computer network resources KW - Medicine KW - Computer network resources. KW - General Surgery. KW - Surgery, General KW - Surgical Procedures, Operative KW - World Wide Web KW - Internets KW - Web, World Wide KW - Wide Web, World KW - Computer science. KW - Surgery. KW - Computer communication systems. KW - Computer Science. KW - Computer Communication Networks. KW - Popular Computer Science. KW - General Surgery KW - Cyber Space KW - Cyberspace KW - Surgery, Primitive KW - Operating room personnel KW - Physicians KW - DARPA Internet KW - Internet (Computer network) KW - Wide area networks (Computer networks) KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Communication systems, Computer KW - Computer communication systems KW - Data networks, Computer KW - ECNs (Electronic communication networks) KW - Electronic communication networks KW - Networks, Computer KW - Teleprocessing networks KW - Data transmission systems KW - Digital communications KW - Electronic systems KW - Information networks KW - Telecommunication KW - Cyberinfrastructure KW - Electronic data processing KW - Network computers KW - Distributed processing UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7909629 AB - 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. ER -