Medical malpractice litigation related to gastrointestinal endoscopy in Japan: A two-decade review of civil court cases

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 42, 2006, Pages 6857-6860

  Hiyama, Toru ^a   Tanaka, Shinji ^b   Yoshihara, Masaharu ^a   Fukuhara, Tatsuma ^c   Mukai, Shinichi ^c   Chayama, Kazuaki ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Litigation; Malpractice; Risk management

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; COLONOSCOPY; COURT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; INFORMED CONSENT; JAPAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33751372772     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i42.6857     Document Type: Review

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