Perspective: Call to action: It is time for academic institutions to appoint a resident quality and patient safety officer

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 826-828

  Fleischut, Peter M ^a,b   Evans, Adam S ^c   Nugent, William C ^b   Faggiani, Susan L ^a,b   Kerr, Gregory E ^a,b   Lazar, Eliot J ^a,b,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

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EID: 79960377316     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31821da286     Document Type: Review

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