Reporting and Disclosing Medical Errors
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Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients.
From the Department of Medicine and the Department of Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington, Seattle (T.H.G.); the Melbourne Law School and the School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (D.S.); and the University of Toronto, Toronto (W.L.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Gallagher at the Department of Medicine, University of Washington, P.O. Box ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1072-4710
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.2.179