The legal implications of physician trainees and non-physician practitioners for the emergency physician

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 243-248

  Klig, Jean E ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEGLIGENCE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0347899305     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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