Protecting the public: State medical board licensure policies for active and inactive physicians

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 643-652

  Freed, Gary L ^a,b   Dunham, Kelly M ^a,b   Abraham, Leah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical inactivity; Patient safety; Physician licensure; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LICENSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; CERTIFICATION; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; STANDARD;

LICENSURE, MEDICAL; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61549104995     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1017     Document Type: Article

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