Legal and risk management issues in newborn hearing screening

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-164

  Marlowe, Judith A ^a  

^a Natus Medical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEWBORN SCREENING; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

EID: 0029992955     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1083045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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