Physicians' legal defensiveness and knowledge of medical law: Comparing Denmark and the USA

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-21

  Van Mccrary, S ^a   Swanson, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

defensive medicine; ethics; medical; physicians; terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DENMARK; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SURGERY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033306751     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948990270011101     Document Type: Article

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