The American Society of Anesthesiologists closed claims project: What have we learned, how has it affected practice, and how will it affect practice in the future?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 552-556

  Cheney, Frederick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Monitoring; Nerve injury

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; INSURANCE; LAW SUIT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032856675     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199908000-00030     Document Type: Note

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