Lucian Leape on the causes and prevention of errors and adverse events in health care

Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-286

  Buerhaus, Peter I ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032613294     PISSN: 07435150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1999.tb00499.x     Document Type: Article

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