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. 2005 Oct 11;173(8):893-4.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1041582.

Improving patient safety: moving beyond the "hype" of medical errors

Alan J Forster  1 , Kaveh G Shojania, Carl van Walraven
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Improving patient safety: moving beyond the "hype" of medical errors

Alan J Forster et al. CMAJ. .
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