Legal Disputes over Duties to Disclose Treatment Risks to Patients: A Review of Negligence Claims and Complaints in Australia
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1 From the Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 2 Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 3 National Trauma Research Institute and The Alfred, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 5 Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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دوره 9 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2012