Economic considerations in treatment decisions and the standard of care in medical malpractice litigation

JAMA

Volumn 264, Issue 15, 1990, Pages 2004-2012

  Hirshfield, Edward B ^a  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COSTS AND BENEFITS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JUDICIAL ACTION; LEGAL APPROACH; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBLIGATIONS TO SOCIETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; STANDARDS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES; VALUES;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COSTS AND BENEFITS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; JUDICIAL ACTION; LEGAL APPROACH; OBLIGATIONS TO SOCIETY; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; VALUES;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMAN; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0025709854     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03450150104041     Document Type: Article

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