Cause and effect analysis of closed claims in obstetrics and gynecology

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1031-1038

  White, Andrew A ^a   Pichert, James W ^a   Bledsoe, Sandra H ^a   Irwin, Cindy ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; GYNECOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; OBSTETRICS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COHORT STUDIES; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 17644372688     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000158864.09443.77     Document Type: Article

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