Promoting patient safety and preventing medical error in emergency departments

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1204-1222

  Schenkel, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Emergency medicine; Medical errors; Prevention; Safety

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0033757892     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00466.x     Document Type: Review

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