A plea for reason

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7757, 2010, Pages 1153-1154

  Jarman, Brian ^a   Aylin, Paul ^a   Bottle, Alex ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NOTE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77953917695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2744     Document Type: Letter

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