Revisiting the scope of non-delegable duties of healthcare providers: issues and challenges

• Main Authors: Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie, Ismail, Suzi Fadhilah, Azhar, Md Tahir
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: K Law (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/40765/1/Conference_Book_20th_World_Congress_Medical_Law.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/40765/2/WCMLNondelegable2014.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/40765/

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