Status of national guidelines in dictating individual clinical practice and defining negligence

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 557-561

  Fearnley, R A ^a   Bell, M D D ^b   Bodenham, A R ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TRAINING; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84858436048     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes092     Document Type: Editorial

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