Unconscious defensive medicine: The case of erythrocyte sedimentation rate

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-38

  Asher, Elad ^a,b   Parag, Yoav ^b   Zeller, Lior ^c   Yerushalmi, Ronit ^c   Reuveni, Haim ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Defensive medicine; Liability; Routine tests; Unconscious behavior

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33846041074     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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