High reliability in health care

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7740, 2010, Pages 225-

  Vincent, Charles ^a   Benn, Jonathan ^a   Hanna, George B ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; AUTHORITY; AVIATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HAZARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH CANCER; TRAINING;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATIONS;

EID: 75749100253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c84     Document Type: Editorial

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