European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 253-257 , September 2008

When Does the ‘Learning Curve’ of Innovative Interventions Become Questionable Practice?

  • P. Healey

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. P. Healey, Senior Lecturer in Law, Department of Law, De Montfort University, Elfed Thomas Building, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK. Tel.: +44 116 2577225.
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  • J. Samanta

Received 23 May 2008 ,Accepted 23 May 2008.

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☆ One of a series of articles edited by Prof. A. Ross Naylor, Leicester, UK.

PII: S1078-5884(08)00279-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.05.006

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 253-257 , September 2008

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