Incidence of and risk factors for medical malpractice lawsuits among Mohs surgeons

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-83

  Perlis, Clifford S ^a   Campbell, Ross M ^a   Perlis, Roy H ^b   Malik, Mohsin ^c   Dufresne, Raymond G ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMOSURGERY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; DERMATOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ERROR; STATISTICS;

DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MOHS SURGERY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645804063     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32009.x     Document Type: Article

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