Malpractice and breast cancer: Perceptions versus reality

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 334-336

  Berlin, Leonard ^a  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Malpractice; Mammography

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; NOTE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 59349113583     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1317     Document Type: Note

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