Surgeon report cards

Patient Safety First: Responsive regulation in health care

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 221-236

  Oakley, Justin ^a   Clarke, Steve ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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