Communicating critical values in anatomic pathology

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 641-644

  LiVolsi, Virginia A ^a   Leung, Stanley ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL VALUE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LIABILITY, LEGAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 33646679195     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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