Patient safety and patient error

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9556, 2007, Pages 158-161

  Buetow, Stephen ^a   Elwyn, Glyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33846115231     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60077-4     Document Type: Note

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