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Book Synopsis-This volume commemorates the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists.
-It will be distributed on the occasion of the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists 2004 in Paris, France, where the idea of the establishment of WFSA was created.
Table of ContentsForeword from the President of the 13th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists.- Foreword from the WFSA Hon. Secretary and the WFSA President.- WFSA 50 Years, Editorial Remarks.- The long way towards establishment of the WFSA.- With great reluctance: the American perspective on WFSA.- WFSA: Development between 1955-1972.- The World Congresses of Anaesthesiologists.- WFSA Presidential Medallion .- WFSA Regional Sections.-WFSA and the changing world: 1992-2002.-WFSA and WHO.-History of the WFSA Asian and Australasian Regional Section.-WFSA and Europe: a long but complicated relationship.-A history of international contacts of Russian Anaesthesiology.-WFSA and the Land of Rising Sun.-The South African Society of Anesthesiologists and its role in the WFSA.-Contribution of WFSA to development of practice of anaesthesia in Africa.-WFSA: educational achievements.-WFSA finances: were does the money come from and where does it go?.-WFSA: achievements and challenges.-The future of WFSA.-WFSA Statutes and Bylaws Committee: providing the framework.-WFSA Presidents biographical notes.- WFSA Archives: legacy of organized world anesthesia, origin and development.- WFSA Statutes and Bylaws (2000).-About the Contributors.-Abbreviations.-Name Index.-Editors' note.-
