A survey of emergency physicians' fear of malpractice and its association with the decision to order computed tomography scans for children with minor head trauma

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-185

  Wong, Andrew C ^a   Kowalenko, Terry ^a   Roahen Harrison, Stephanie ^a   Smith, Barbara ^a   Maio, Ronald F ^a   Stanley, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; Malpractice; mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEAR; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MICHIGAN; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952994563     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31820d64f7     Document Type: Article

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