Medicolegal implications of a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care: Consensus recommendations from a national workshop

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 401-404

  Evans, Alison C ^a   Zorbas, Helen M ^a   Keaney, Megan A ^b   Sidhom, Mark A ^c   Goodwin, Holly E ^a   Peterson, Janice C ^a  

^a National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre Australia   (Australia)

^b Avant Mutuai Group Limited   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEOPLASM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; RISK MANAGEMENT; TEAM BUILDING; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKSHOP; AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

EID: 46249085251     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01684.x     Document Type: Article

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