Loading... Please wait...A comprehensive introduction to patient safety including articles on the science of safety, patterns and causes of medical error, the business case for safety, learning from responses to error, reporting systems and the relationship between quality and patient safety. An annotated bibliography for additional reading is included. Edited by L. A. Zipperer and S. Cushman. Published by the National Patient Safety Foundation in 2001.
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