Patient safety and medical liability: Current status and an agenda for the future

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 570-577

  Abuhamad, Alfred ^a   Grobman, William A ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIVERY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABOR; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WORKPLACE; MEDICAL ERROR; OBSTETRICS; REVIEW; SAFETY;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SAFETY;

EID: 77957254212     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181eeb785     Document Type: Article

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