Defenses to malpractice: What every emergency physician should know

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 598-606

  Hudson, Michael Jason ^a   Moore, Gregory P ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency; legal; malpractice; medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MINORITY GROUP; NEGLIGENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 83655164695     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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