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Barbara J. Peters & George A. Peters
Medical Error and Patient Safety [PDF ebook]
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A difficult and recalcitrant phenomenon, medical error causes pervasive and expensive problems in terms of patient injury, ineffective treatment, and rising healthcare costs. Simple heightened awareness can help, but it requires organized, effective remedies and countermeasures that are reasonable, acceptable, and adaptable to see a truly significa

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Format PDF ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781420064797 ● Publisher CRC Press ● Published 2007 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5698424 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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