Neurologic patient safety: An in-depth study of malpractice claims

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1284-1286

  Glick, Thomas H ^a,c   Cranberg, Lee D ^a   Hanscom, Robert B ^b   Sato, Luke ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Risk Management Foundation Harvard Medical Institutions Inc   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; BUSULFAN; HEPARIN; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STROKE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 27144466329     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000180961.82198.0d     Document Type: Article

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