Contextual errors

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-127

  LaCombe, Michael A ^a  

^a Maine General Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; NOTE; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SIMULATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 77955288471     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-2-201007200-00009     Document Type: Editorial

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