Professional liability of residents in a children's hospital

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-90

  Grupp Phelan, Jacqueline ^a   Reynolds, Sally ^a,b   Lingl, Laura L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gen Acad and Emergency Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030070077     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170260091015     Document Type: Article

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