The quality choir: From warm-up to harmony

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 170-175

  Denham, Charles R ^a  

^a Texas Medical Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 84996836212     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jps.0000183079.38466.1b     Document Type: Note

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