Patient safety teaching in Australian medical schools: A national survey

Clinical Risk

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 46-51

  Spigelman, Allan D ^a   Debono, Deborah S ^a   Oates, Kim ^b,c   Dunn, Adam G ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Clinical Excellence Commission   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84861001333     PISSN: 13562622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/cr.2012.012004     Document Type: Article

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