"I would like to be a surgeon, but ...." Will two years be enough?

Rev Col Bras Cir

Serviço de Cirurgia Geral do Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (HUCFF-UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Serviço de Cirurgia Geral do Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro RJ , Brazil.

Published: October 2017

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