Moving the science of quality improvement in critical care medicine forward

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1461-1462

  Weiss, Curtis H ^a   Amaral, Luís A N ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CRITICAL CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 78650222457     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201009-1483ED     Document Type: Editorial

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