Defensive practice among psychiatrists: A questionnaire survey

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 925, 2002, Pages 671-673

  Passmore, Kirsty ^a   Leung, W C ^b  

^a Stockton Learning Disability Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEFENSIVENESS; EXPERIENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036872448     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.925.671     Document Type: Article

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