The effectiveness of physician risk management: Potential problems for patient safety

Risk, Decision and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-202

  Liang, Bryan A ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 19844367988     PISSN: 13575309     EISSN: 14664534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357530900000181     Document Type: Article

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