Five system barriers to achieving ultrasafe health care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 756-764

  Amalberti, René ^b   Auroy, Yves ^b   Berwick, Don ^b   Barach, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

DRUG FATALITY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 17844392604     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-9-200505030-00012     Document Type: Review

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