What should we report to medical error reporting systems?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 322-323

  Dovey, S M ^a,c   Phillips, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ERROR REPORTING SYSTEM; NURSE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; SAFETY;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 6344258582     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.011791     Document Type: Editorial

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