Disclosure and prevention of medical errors

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2089-2092

  Rosner, Fred ^a,b   Berger, Jeffrey T ^c,d   Kark, Pieter ^e   Potash, Joel ^b,e,f   Bennett, Allen J ^g  

^a QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University Hospital   (United States)

^g BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0034710229     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.14.2089     Document Type: Review

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