Tipping the scales: A lawyer joins the health care team

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 336-

  Pai, Nikhil ^a   Miller, W ^b   Chapman, L A ^b   Ford Jones, E L ^b   McNeill, T ^b   Jackson, S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAWYER; LEGAL ASPECT;

EID: 80053984684     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/16.6.336     Document Type: Article

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