New world of patient safety: 23rd annual Samuel Jason mixter lecture

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 394-398

  Leape, Lucian L ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HYGIENE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 66249144410     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.78     Document Type: Conference Paper

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