Pressure sores: Epidemiology, medico-legal implications and forensic argumentation concerning causality

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 283-287

  Tsokos, M ^a   Heinemann, A ^a   Puschel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cremation; Epidemiology; External examination; Geriatrics; Iatrogenic injury; Malpractice; Negligence; Pressure sore; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLIGENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0033863766     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004149900125     Document Type: Article

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