Ethics and growing legal crisis in medicine

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 724-727

  Chervenak, Frank A ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

ALTRUISM; EMPATHY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 26244445573     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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