System negligence is at the root of medical error

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 103-105

  Øvretveit, John ^a  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Medical professions; Quality systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038772467     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860010327056     Document Type: Article

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