The fundamentals of liability insurance: Physician and organization perspectives

Journal of Medical Practice Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-156

  Paterick, Timothy J ^a   Paterick, Timothy E ^a   Waterhouse, Blake E ^b,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b STRAUB CLINIC AND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Liability insurance; Medical liability; Organizational liability; Physician assets; Professional liability

Indexed keywords

INSURANCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK; NEGLIGENCE; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MANAGEMENT; POLICY; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749085304     PISSN: 87550229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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