'New perspectives on well-known issues': Patients' experiences and perceptions of safety in Swiss hospitals

Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 542-548

  Schwappach, David L B ^a,b   Frank, Olga ^a   Hochreutener, Marc Anton ^a  

^a Swiss Patient Safety Foundation   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

medical error; patient involvement; patient safety; survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053386366     PISSN: 18659217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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