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. 2000 Aug;321(7259):505.

Reducing error, improving safety. Defensive culture of British medicine needs to change

V Barley, G Neale, C Burns-Cox, P Savage, S Machin, A El-Sobky, A Savage

Reducing error, improving safety. Defensive culture of British medicine needs to change

V Barley et al. BMJ. 2000 Aug.
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