Liability in relation to the use of professional medical guidelines

Medicine and Law

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-238

  Vermaas, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Liability; Litigation; Personal injury; Professional autonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COURT; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJECTION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LAW; LAW SUIT; LEG THROMBOSIS; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROPHYLAXIS; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGEON; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038153922     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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