GPs' concerns about medicolegal issues: How it affects their practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 66-78

  Nash, Louise ^a   Walton, Merrilyn ^a   Daly, Michele ^a   Johnson, Maree ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 60149095280     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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