Whistleblowing: The price of silence

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7728, 2009, Pages 1000-1004

  Gornall, Jonathan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PROFESSIONALISM; SHORT SURVEY; WHISTLEBLOWING; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL STAFF; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSULTANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; STATE MEDICINE; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 70350532894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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