A tragic death: A time to blame or a time to learn?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 321-322

  Runciman, W B ^a,c   Merry, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSAFETY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DISASTER; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; TIME;

EID: 0142147180     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.12.5.321     Document Type: Editorial

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