Deaths due to medical error: Jumbo jets or just small propeller planes?

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 709-712

  Shojania, Kaveh G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; METAPHOR; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866516871     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001368     Document Type: Editorial

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