Clinical guidelines and policies: Can they improve emergency department pain management?

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 783-790

  Ducharme, James ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CANADA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; PAIN; POLICY MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 32144457709     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2005.tb00544.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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