Urological litigation in the UK National Health Service (NHS): An analysis of 14 years of successful claims

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-165

  Osman, Nadir I ^a   Collins, Gerald N ^a  

^a STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

malpractice; National Health Service (NHS); urological litigation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN INJURY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM; URETER STENT; URETEROSCOPY; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; UROLOGY; VASECTOMY;

HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; STATE MEDICINE; UROLOGY;

EID: 79960026672     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10130.x     Document Type: Article

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