Legal implications of zoonoses for clinical veterinarians

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1556-1562

  Babcock, Sarah ^a   Marsh, Antoinette E ^b   Lin, Jeanie ^c   Scott, John ^a  

^a Animal and Veterinary Legal Services PLLC   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Scott Veterinary Services ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; STANDARD; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 57449089258     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.10.1556     Document Type: Review

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