Medical malpractice: A study of case histories by the forensic medicine section of Bari

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-144

  Di Nunno, Nunzio ^a   Dell'Erba, Alessandro ^a   Viola, Luigi ^a   Vimercati, Luigi ^a   Cina, Stephen ^a   Vimercati, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic disease; Medical error; Medical malpractice; Medical professional liability

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; DEATH; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 2542610796     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000127387.62136.21     Document Type: Review

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