Medical fallibility - cultural recognition and representation

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 181-185

  Hurwitz, Brian ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 66749174057     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.090058     Document Type: Article

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