Patient safety: What about the patient?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-80

  Vincent, C A ^a   Coulter, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PICKER INSTITUTE EUROPE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0036489347     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.11.1.76     Document Type: Review

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