Medical expert witness litmus

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 528-529

  Jones, James W ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864476004     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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