Safety in the academic medical center: Transforming challenges into ingredients for improvement

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 817-822

  Blumenthal, David ^a,b   Ferris, Timothy G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKILL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33748250666     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200609000-00010     Document Type: Review

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