Clinical guidelines, defensive medicine, and the physician between the two

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-250

  Toker, Asaf ^a,b   Shvarts, Shifra ^a   Perry, Zvi H ^a   Doron, Yariv ^b   Reuveni, Haim ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EAR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; ISRAEL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOSE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; THROAT; THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 3242729311     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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