Patient safety and quality: Can anaesthetists play a greater role?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 833-834

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOSIS;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0042827427     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03396.x     Document Type: Editorial

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