Reflections on the National Patient Safety Agency's database of medical errors

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 256-258

  Panesar, Sukhmeet S ^a   Cleary, Kevin ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^b  

^a NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; MEDICAL ERROR; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

EID: 67651154389     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.090135     Document Type: Editorial

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