Patient safety beyond the hospital

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1001-1003

  Gandhi, Tejal K ^a,b   Lee, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EXPERT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 77956496749     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1003294     Document Type: Short Survey

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