title: Performance improvement and peer-review activities: are they immune from legal discovery?
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rush North Shore Medical Center-Skokie and Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL USA. lberlin@rsh.net
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berlin
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011871:Radiology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed