After the abolition of the National Patient Safety Agency

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7781, 2010, Pages 1005-

  Scarpello, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78349264666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c6076     Document Type: Editorial

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