Professional monopolies in medicine

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 858-860

  Baerlocher, Mark O ^a   Detsky, Allan S ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SURGEON; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRESCRIPTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449208974     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.223     Document Type: Note

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