The Error of Counting "Errors"

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 502-503

  Wears, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANISM; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; SAFETY;

EID: 54349118006     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.03.015     Document Type: Editorial

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