The creation and impact of a dedicated section on quality and patient safety in a clinical academic department

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-178

  Boudreaux, Arthur M ^a   Vetter, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84873374915     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31827b53dd     Document Type: Article

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