Doctor as criminal: reporting of patient deaths to the police and criminal prosecution of healthcare providers in Japan
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In Japan, medical error leading to patient death is often handled through the criminal rather than civil justice system. However, the number of cases handled through the criminal system and how this has changed in recent years has no...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/10/53 |