Medical errors: Legal and ethical responses

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-114

  Dickens, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Disclosure of error; Error; Iatrogenic injury; Medical error; Negligence; Non negligent error

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ERROR; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEGLIGENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

EID: 0037380966     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(03)00048-1     Document Type: Review

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