Patients' safety: think and act locally

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9610, 2008, Pages 364-365

  Larsen, Gitte ^a   Parker, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 38649113873     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60179-8     Document Type: Note

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