Breast cancer and malpractice litigation

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 212-214

  Langlands, Allan O ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT;

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST INJURY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COURT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; RADIATION INJURY; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0031704982     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb140225.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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