Medical error: The second victim

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 358-359

  Wu, Albert W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034123215     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.172.6.358     Document Type: Short Survey

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