An ethical analysis of the defensive surgery objection to individual surgeon report cards

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 243-254

  Oakley, Justin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84890218006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511545467.020     Document Type: Chapter

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