Patient safety and error management - What causes adverse events and how can they be prevented?;Patientensicherheit und fehlermanagement: Ursachen unerwünschter ereignisse und maßnahmen zu ihrer vermeidung

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 92-99

  Hoffmann, Barbara ^a   Rohe, Julia ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Arztliches Zentrum fur Qualitat in der Medizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GERMANY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77951035898     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2010.0092     Document Type: Review

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