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Review
. 2000 Mar 18;320(7237):759-63.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.759.

Reporting and preventing medical mishaps: lessons from non-medical near miss reporting systems

P Barach  1 , S D Small
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Reporting and preventing medical mishaps: lessons from non-medical near miss reporting systems

P Barach et al. BMJ. .
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