The standard of care: Legal history and definitions: The bad and good news

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-112

  Moffett, Peter ^a   Moore, Gregory ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Legal; Malpractice; Standard of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051518638     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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