Gizmo idolatry

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1830-1832

  Leff, Bruce ^a,b   Finucane, Thomas E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; DEVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GIZMO; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEGLIGENCE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; ETHICS; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ETHICS, CLINICAL;

EID: 42249096135     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.299.15.1830     Document Type: Note

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