The national practitioner data bank: Problems and proposed reforms

Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 409-462

  Ryzen, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027102257     PISSN: 01947648     EISSN: 1521057X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01947649209510892     Document Type: Article

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