European Board of General Surgery: General surgery — Definition. 30. 2010http://www.uemssurg.org.
2.
LeppäniemiAK: Obstetrics and the general surgeon. Surg Gynecol Obstet1993;176:365–367.
3.
FerreiraBueno EARasslanS: Surgical education in Brazil. World J Surg2010;34:880–883.
4.
LalanJG: Surgical education in Cuba. World J Surg2010;34:887–889.
5.
WijnhovenBPLWatsonDIvan den EndeED: Current status and future perspectives of general surgical trainees in the Netherlands. World J Surg2008;32:119–124.
6.
DixonEVollmerCMJr.BatheOSutherlandF: Training, practice, and referral patterns in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery: Survey of general surgeons. J Gastrointest Surg2005;9:109–114.
7.
FischerJE: The impending disappearance of the general surgeon. JAMA2007;298:2191–2193.
8.
GreenSM: Trauma surgery: Discipline in crisis. Ann Emerg Med2009;53:198–207.
9.
WilliamsTEJr.SatianiBThomasAEllisonEC: The impending shortage and the estimated cost of training the future surgical workforce. Ann Surg2009;250:590–597.
10.
ZarebczanBMcDonaldRJFoleyEWeberSM: The dying field of general surgery: When do we intervene? J Surg Res2010;160:25–28.
LeppäniemiA: Surgical education and the residency program in Finland. J Trauma2004;57:656–659.
13.
MecklinJ-PHakalaTLeideniusMTukiainenELeppäniemiA: Recommendations of the Finnish Society of Surgery Working Group on General Surgery, 2011 (Available only in Finnish), email: ari.leppaniemi@hus.fi.
