Measuring preventable harm: helping science keep pace with policy.
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Helping Science Keep Pace With Policy
FOUR YEARS AFTER SORREL KING’S DAUGHTER, JOSIE, DIED from preventable medical errors in 2001, King asked us if her daughter would be less likely to die today. We answered by describing the myriad safety programs in hospitals. She abruptly cut us off. King was not interested in what we were doing. She wanted evidence that Josie and other patients were less likely to be harmed by medical care tod...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JAMA
دوره 301 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009