Safety and Quality in Maternal and Neonatal Care: Any Progress since Ignaz Semmelweis?

Françoise Vendittelli^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Clermont-Ferrand, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pascal, Université Clermont Auvergne, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
² Audipog, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laennec, 7 rue Guillaume Paradin, CEDEX 08, 69372 Lyon, France.

Editorial

Françoise Vendittelli. Healthcare (Basel). 2022.

. 2022 Sep 26;10(10):1876.

doi: 10.3390/healthcare10101876.

Françoise Vendittelli^{1

2}

¹ Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Clermont-Ferrand, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pascal, Université Clermont Auvergne, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
² Audipog, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laennec, 7 rue Guillaume Paradin, CEDEX 08, 69372 Lyon, France.

Abstract

James Lind (1716-1794) is considered the pioneer of medical technology assessments [...].

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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