Legal aspects of open disclosure II: Attitudes of health professionals - Findings from a national survey

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 351-355

  Studdert, David M ^a   Piper, Donella ^b   Iedema, Rick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FEAR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLIGENCE; TIME; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77957655335     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03948.x     Document Type: Article

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