A manifesto for the future of laboratory medicine professionals

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 489, Issue , 2019, Pages 49-52

  Plebani, Mario ^a   Laposata, Michael ^b   Lippi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Laboratory medicine; Quality; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DRIVER; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LEADERSHIP; SKILL; VISION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; TRENDS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 85057322898     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2018.11.021     Document Type: Editorial

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