Upholding professionalism: The disciplinary process of the American Academy of Neurology

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2198-2203

  Hutchins, John C ^a   Sagsveen, Murray G ^a   Larriviere, Dan ^b  

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650849750     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318202014e     Document Type: Article

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