The end of the beginning: Lessons learned from the patient safety movement

Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-27

  Barach, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ERROR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PUBLIC POLICY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037358562     PISSN: 01947648     EISSN: 1521057X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713832128     Document Type: Article

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