Medical malpractice litigation in gastroenterological practice in Japan: A 22-yr review of civil court cases

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1951-1953

  Sasao, Shogo ^a   Hiyama, Toru ^b   Tanaka, Shinji ^c   Mukai, Shinichi ^a   Yoshihara, Masaharu ^b   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON PERFORATION; COURT; DATA BASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; ILEUS; INFLAMMATION; INFORMED CONSENT; JAPAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TOXIC MEGACOLON; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALPRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748368495     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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