Medicolegal liability in laboratory medicine

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-107

  Dighe, Anand S ^a   Makar, Robert S ^a   Lewandrowski, Kent B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical values; Laboratory medicine; Medicolegal liability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 34250334160     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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