Medical Malpractice
Medical CarePublished 1 March 2000
David Orentlicher
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From the Center for Law and Health, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Address correspondence to: David Orentlicher, MD, JD, Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law, Co-Director, Center for Law and Health, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 735 W. New York St, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5194. E-mail: [email protected]
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