Physicians' liability in ophthalmology practice

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-325

  Mavroforou, Anna ^a   Michalodimitrakis, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Litigation; Medical liability; Negligence; Ophthalmology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUROPE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LASER SURGERY; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYOPIA; NEGLIGENCE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

CONSENT FORMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042743814     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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