Malpractice issues in radiology: Hindsight bias

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 597-601

  Berlin, L ^a  

^a RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034265742     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.175.3.1750597     Document Type: Article

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