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    This serves as practice for MCQ format examinations and as a basis for revision in combination with textbooks such as "Bailey & Love's Short Practice of Surgery". The book is based on "Bailey & Love" and its author was the senior editor for 25 years. The third edition reflects the revisions in the new 21st edition of "Bailey & Love". It contains a complete revision of questions and introduces over 250 new questions. Part 1 provides introductory exercises; part 2 uses standard MCQs following the arrangement of chapters in "Bailey & Love"; part 3 presents MCQs at random or in runs, as in examinations. This book should be of interest to clinical period undergraduate medical students; and postgraduate surgical trainees.

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    Today, Total Quality is an integral component of management success in today's complex business environment. This text presents an overview of the key principles of total quality and links those concepts to traditional management practices and organizational models in management theory. This book has three objectives: 1) to familiarize readers with the basic principles and methods associated with total quality management; 2) to show readers how these principles and methods have been put into effect in a variety of organizations; and, 3) to illustrate the relationship between total quality principles and the theories and models studied in management courses.