The politics of learning: The dilemma for patient safety

A Socio-cultural Perspective on Patient Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 133-150

  Waring, Justin ^a   Currie, Graeme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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