Variation in expert opinion in medical malpractice review

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1049-1054

  Posner, Karen L ^a,c   Caplan, Robert A ^a   Cheney, Frederick W ^b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^b Amer Society of Anesthesiologists   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Anesthesiology: liability; peer review; Insurance: claim review; liability; Malpractice, medical: expert testimony

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS REVIEW ORGANIZATION; REIMBURSEMENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; EXPERT TESTIMONY; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALPRACTICE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0029909633     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199611000-00013     Document Type: Article

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