What constitutes the standard of care?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 527-531

  Empey, Matthew ^a,c   Carpenter, Christopher ^a   Jain, Poonam ^a   Atzema, Clare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; HEALTH CARE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 7044248017     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.07.004     Document Type: Note

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