Expert testimony, legal reasoning, and justice: The case for adopting a data-based standard of care in allegations of medical negligence in the NICU

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 583-595

  Meadow, W ^a   Lantos, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NEGLIGENCE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EID: 0029788968     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0095-5108(18)30230-6     Document Type: Review

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