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The US Medical Liability System: Evidence for Legislative Reform

Janelle Guirguis-Blake, George E. Fryer, Robert L. Phillips, Ronald Szabat and Larry A. Green
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2006, 4 (3) 240-246; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.535
Janelle Guirguis-Blake
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vol. 4 no. 3 240-246
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.535
PubMed 
16735526

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication July 20, 2005
  • Revision received December 4, 2005
  • Accepted for publication December 15, 2005
  • Published online May 30, 2006.

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  1. Janelle Guirguis-Blake, MD1,
  2. George E. Fryer, PhD2,
  3. Robert L. Phillips Jr, MD, MSPH3,
  4. Ronald Szabat, JD, LLM4 and
  5. Larry A. Green, MD3
  1. 1Tacoma Family Medicine Residency Program, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
  2. 2Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, NYU Center for Child Health Research, New York, NY
  3. 3Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC
  4. 4American Society of Anesthesiologists, Washington, DC
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Janelle Guirguis-Blake, MD, Tacoma Family Medicine Residency Program, 521 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA 98405, jguirgui{at}u.washington.edu

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