The role of practice guidelines in medical malpractice litigation

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-41

  Mackey, Timothy K ^a   Liang, Bryan A ^a  

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EID: 84876808912     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.1.hlaw1-1101     Document Type: Article

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