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Physician Competence and Skill Part I: The Role of Hospital Corporate Liability

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1100 Virginia Ave., Columbia, MO, 65212, USA

    B. Sonny Bal MD, JD, MBA

  2. BalBrenner/Orthopaedic Law Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    B. Sonny Bal MD, JD, MBA & Lawrence H. Brenner JD

  3. Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Lawrence H. Brenner JD

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Correspondence to B. Sonny Bal MD, JD, MBA.

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Bal, B.S., Brenner, L.H. Physician Competence and Skill Part I: The Role of Hospital Corporate Liability. Clin Orthop Relat Res 472, 1089–1092 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3487-z

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