Quality and safety are rarely simple

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-83

  Stevens, David P ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; EDITORIAL; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PROPHYLAXIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHECKLIST; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 65649148680     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2009.032797     Document Type: Editorial

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