title: The medical record.
abstract: In summary, the medical record not only helps a physician care for a patient, but may in the future also offer an indelible defense if the record is kept carefully and meticulously. 'In the courtroom, medical records are witnesses whose memory never dies.'
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Nisonson
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010819:Physician's Role; D014481:United States