Standard of care and liability in medical malpractice litigation in Japan

Health Policy

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-127

  Hagihara, Akihito ^a   Nishi, Minako ^a   Nobutomo, Koichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost; Litigation; Medical malpractice; Negligence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEGLIGENCE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0038690257     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(02)00214-2     Document Type: Article

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