Deviantly innovative: When risking patient safety is the right thing to do

A Socio-cultural Perspective on Patient Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 95-113

  Rowley, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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