Radiologic Malpractice Litigation: A View of the Past, a Gaze at the Present, a Glimpse of the Future

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1481-1486

  Berlin, Leonard ^a,b  

^a RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEGLIGENCE; ORTHOPEDICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 0345707619     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.6.1811481     Document Type: Review

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