Standard of Care and Anesthesia Liability

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 1989, Pages 1599-1603

  Cheney, Frederick W ^a   Posner, Karen ^a   Caplan, Robert A ^b   Ward, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; FATALITY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL CLAIM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMAN; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024519320     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03420110075027     Document Type: Article

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