Have we gone too far in translating ideas from aviation to patient safety? No

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7790, 2011, Pages 199-

  Gaba, David M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 78751685502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c7310     Document Type: Short Survey

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