Error modelling in anaesthesia: Slices of Swiss cheese or shavings of Parmesan

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 905-906

  Moloney, J ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANESTHESIA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84925225546     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu223     Document Type: Editorial

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