Medical errors and patient safety

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 15-18

  Jacott, William ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAW; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SAFETY;

EID: 0141565324     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2003.09.1499     Document Type: Editorial

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