Patients' complaint procedures, in a Scandinavian perspective

European Journal of Health Law

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-254

  Segest, Erling ^a,b  

^a Public Health   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0029827348     PISSN: 09290273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157180996X00130     Document Type: Article

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