Learning from failure: the need for independent safety investigation in healthcare

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK carlmacrae@mac.com.
² Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UD, UK.

Carl Macrae et al. J R Soc Med. 2014 Nov.

. 2014 Nov;107(11):439-43.

doi: 10.1177/0141076814555939. Epub 2014 Oct 30.

¹ Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK carlmacrae@mac.com.
² Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UD, UK.

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The demise of gatekeeping in primary care.
Abbasi K. Abbasi K. J R Soc Med. 2014 Nov;107(11):427. doi: 10.1177/0141076814557606. J R Soc Med. 2014. PMID: 25377733 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Independent safety investigation.
Buttolph M. Buttolph M. J R Soc Med. 2015 Apr;108(4):122. doi: 10.1177/0141076815569152. J R Soc Med. 2015. PMID: 25899021 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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