Surgical error: Ethical issues of adverse events

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1359-1366

  Krizek, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ERROR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033761871     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.11.1359     Document Type: Review

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