Medical errors - Is total quality management for the battlefield desirable?

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 915-918

  Cohen, David J ^a   Lisagor, Philip ^b  

^a Array Medical Department Center and School   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOLDIER; TECHNIQUE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27744433244     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.11.915     Document Type: Review

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