Clinical guidelines as a tool for legal liability an international perspective

Medicine and Law

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 603-613

  Davies, Jonathan ^a  

^a FRSM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Expert opinion; Legal liability; Medical evidence; Standard of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 74849133420     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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