Medical errors or adverse events in daily clinical practice;Errores médicos o desviaciones en la práctica asistencial diaria

Cirugia Espanola

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 591-603

  Gonzalez Hermoso F ^a  

^a Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Cognitive mechanism; Human error; Negligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897585794     PISSN: 0009739X     EISSN: 1578147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-739X(01)71815-5     Document Type: Review

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