Introduction: Accountability, informed consent and clinician performance information

Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: The Ethics of Report Cards on Surgeon Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-22

  Oakley, Justin ^a   Clarke, Steve ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84862203786     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511545467.001     Document Type: Editorial

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