Loss of chance: A new development in medical negligence law

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 233-235

  Tibballs, James ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPENSATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEGLIGENCE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QT PROLONGATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALPRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; CAUSALITY; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848895217     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01207.x     Document Type: Article

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