Medical Errors: The Hidden Victim

Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-432

  Giannetti, Vincent ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 0346218125     PISSN: 10601333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CRP-120026124     Document Type: Review

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