Acknowledgement of "no fault" medical injury: Review of patients' hospital records in New Zealand

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7380, 2003, Pages 79-80

  Davis, Peter ^a   Lay Yee, Roy ^b   Scott, Alastair ^b   Briant, Robin ^b   Schug, Stephan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY;

EID: 0037431744     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.79     Document Type: Article

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