Exploring internal medicine chief residents' medicolegal knowledge

Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-61

  Kollas, Chad D ^a,b  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030903126     PISSN: 01947648     EISSN: 1521057X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01947649709511026     Document Type: Article

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22. Associate in General Internal Medicine and Assistant Program Director for Curriculum, Internal Medicine Residency, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania; Instructor in Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. This project was funded by a grant from Geisinger Clinic. Address correspondence to Dr. Kollas at Department of General Internal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, 100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, Pennsylvania 17822–3103. The author thanks Lin Frey, Ph.D., for statistical guidance and Beth Boyer Kollas, Ph.D., for manuscript review.