The egocentric surgeon or the roots of wrong side surgery

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 396-400

  Senders, John W ^a,b   Kanzki, Regine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSALITY; EGO; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 61449195813     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.023564     Document Type: Note

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