Medical malpractice and the chest physician

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1044-1050

  Luce, John M ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical errors; Medical malpractice; Medical negligence; Tort law

Indexed keywords

BILLING AND CLAIMS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INJURY; JUSTICE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; MORTALITY; NEGLIGENCE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 55849142959     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0697     Document Type: Note

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