Doctors, patients, and lawyers - Two centuries of health law

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 445-450

  Annas, George J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; CRIME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW SUIT; LEGAL PROCEDURE; LICENSING; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WITNESS;

EID: 84864508434     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1108646     Document Type: Review

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