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Ethics and legalities associated with independent medical evaluations
Shanil Ebrahim, Helen Sava, Regina Kunz and Jason W. Busse
CMAJ February 03, 2014 cmaj.131509; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131509
Shanil Ebrahim
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Ebrahim, Busse), Department of Anesthesia (Ebrahim, Busse), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Stanford Prevention Research Center (Ebrahim), Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; Sava Associates (Sava), Toronto, Ont.; Swiss Academy of Insurance Medicine (Kunz), University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (Ebrahim), the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; the Michael G. Degroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (Busse), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Helen Sava
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Ebrahim, Busse), Department of Anesthesia (Ebrahim, Busse), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Stanford Prevention Research Center (Ebrahim), Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; Sava Associates (Sava), Toronto, Ont.; Swiss Academy of Insurance Medicine (Kunz), University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (Ebrahim), the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; the Michael G. Degroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (Busse), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Regina Kunz
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Ebrahim, Busse), Department of Anesthesia (Ebrahim, Busse), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Stanford Prevention Research Center (Ebrahim), Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; Sava Associates (Sava), Toronto, Ont.; Swiss Academy of Insurance Medicine (Kunz), University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (Ebrahim), the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; the Michael G. Degroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (Busse), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Jason W. Busse
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Ebrahim, Busse), Department of Anesthesia (Ebrahim, Busse), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Stanford Prevention Research Center (Ebrahim), Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; Sava Associates (Sava), Toronto, Ont.; Swiss Academy of Insurance Medicine (Kunz), University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (Ebrahim), the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; the Michael G. Degroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (Busse), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Ethics and legalities associated with independent medical evaluations
Shanil Ebrahim, Helen Sava, Regina Kunz, Jason W. Busse
CMAJ Feb 2014, cmaj.131509; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.131509