Patient safety ethics and human error management in ED contexts. Part I: Development of the global patient safety movement

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Johnstone, Megan Jane ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Clinical risk management; Emergency departments; Ethics; Human error; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847226594     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2006.09.002     Document Type: Note

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