E-mail consultation: Clinical, financial, legal, and ethical implications

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 455-459

  Weiss, Nirit ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

E mail; Internet; Liability; Online; Physician patient relationship; Reimbursement; Spinal cord; Spine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIVACY; REVIEW; SURGEON;

EID: 2142847314     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2003.09.029     Document Type: Article

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