The legal implications of medical guidelines - A Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology

European Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1152-1157

  Schwartz, P J ^a,f   Breithardt, G ^b   Howard, A J ^c   Julian, D G ^d   Rehnqvist Ahlberg, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c European Society of Cardiology   (France)

^d European Society of Cardiology   (United Kingdom)

^e Swedish Board of Health and Welfare Department of Emergency and Disaster Planning   (Sweden)

^f FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY;

CARDIOLOGY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032798152     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1677     Document Type: Review

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