To err is human: Quality and safety issues in spine care

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Wong, David A ^a,c   Watters III, William C ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Denver Spine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Medical errors; Patient safety; Technology assessment; Wrong site surgery

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 34248369711     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318053d4cd     Document Type: Review

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