Mistakes as a Social Construct: An Historical Approach

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-133

  Pinkus, Rosa Lynn ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARD;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

DISCLOSURE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0035376740     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.2001.0016     Document Type: Article

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