Admitting mistakes

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 879-884

  Berlin, Leonard ^a,b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ILIAC ARTERY; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ERROR; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; RADIOLOGY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0033112517     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.4.10587115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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