"Doctor, was this surgery done wrong?" Ethical issues in providing second opinions

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 223-225

  Bhattacharyya, Timothy ^a   Yeon, Howard ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 11844294602     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02119     Document Type: Short Survey

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