The roles and responsibility of physicians to improve patient safety within health care delivery systems

Academic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 963-972

  Classen, David C ^a,c   Kilbridge, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b First Consulting Group   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0036792925     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200210000-00007     Document Type: Review

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