Litigation and defensive clinical practice: Quantifying the problem

Midwifery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-14

  Symon, Andrew ^a  

^a PERTH ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034156957     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.1999.0181     Document Type: Article

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