Avoiding and fixing medical errors in general practice: Prevention strategies reported in the Linnaeus Collaboration's Primary Care International Study of Medical Errors

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1208, 2005, Pages

  Tilyard, Murray ^a   Dovey, Susan ^a   Hall, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; SAFETY; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144378987     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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