Malpractice and medical liability. European Guidelines on Methods of Ascertainment and Criteria of Evaluation

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 545-557

  Ferrara, Santo Davide ^a   Baccino, Eric ^b   Bajanowski, Thomas ^c   Boscolo Berto, Rafael ^a   Castellano, Maria ^d   De Angel, Ricardo ^e   Pauliukevičius, Alvydas ^f   Ricci, Pietrantonio ^g   Vanezis, Peter ^h   Vieira, Duarte Nuno ⁱ   Viel, Guido ^a   Villanueva, Enrique ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^f MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^g UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^h QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Error; Guidelines; Liability; Malpractice; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; DOCUMENTATION; EUROPE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; ARTICLE; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

AUTOPSY; DOCUMENTATION; EUROPE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 84877874484     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-013-0836-5     Document Type: Article

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