Aviation is not the only industry: Healthcare could look wider for lessons on patient safety

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 314-

  Shaw, Joanne ^a   Calder, Keith ^b  

^a NHS Direct   (United Kingdom)

^b Rio Tinto ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AVIATION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MINING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 61449256492     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.028340     Document Type: Editorial

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