Standard of care - In sickness and in health and in emergencies

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1378-1380

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a   Hanfling, Dan ^b   Hodge Jr , James G ^c   Courtney, Brooke ^d   Hick, John L ^e   Peterson, Cheryl A ^f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center for Biosecurity of UPMC   (United States)

^e HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f American Nurses Association   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LETTER; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIABILITY, LEGAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957355156     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1007700     Document Type: Letter

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