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COMMENTARY classic

Healthcare in a land called PeoplePower: nothing about me without me.

Delbanco T, Berwick DM, Boufford JI, et al. Health Expect. 2001;4:144-150.

REVIEW

Narrative review: do state laws make it easier to say "I'm sorry?"

McDonnell WM, Guenther E. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:811-815.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Collaborating and Acting Responsibly to Ensure Safety (CARES) Alliance.

Covidien.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical errors still claiming many lives.

Weise E. USA Today. May 18, 2005.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine.

Dallas, TX: American College of Emergency Physicians.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions.

Wojcieszak D. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6, 8-9.

BOOK/REPORT

Risk Management Pearls on Disclosure of Adverse Events.

Amori G. Chicago, IL: American Society for Healthcare Risk Management; 2006.

COMMENTARY

Language barriers to health care in the United States.

Flores G. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:229-231.

TOOLKIT

Strategies for Leadership: Patient- and Family-Centered Care.

Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association; 2004.

NEWSLETTER/JOURNAL

Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare.

Marietta, GA: Lionheart Publishing, Inc. ISSN: 1553-6637.

COMMENTARY

Medication errors in family practice, in hospitals and after discharge from the hospital: an ethical analysis.

Clark PA. J Law Med Ethics. 2004;32:349-357.

COMMENTARY

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005: what you need to know.

Rohrich RJ. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006;117:671-672.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Plan would compile, analyze medical errors.

Gaul GM. The Washington Post. July 29, 2005:A06.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Report: hospital errors cost 18 lives.

Rojas-Burke J. Oregonian. January 30, 2007:B01.

COMMENTARY

The Perruche case and the issue of compensation for the consequences of medical error.

Costich JF. Health Policy. 2006;78:8-16.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Eighth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Reed K, May R. Denver, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Your attention please... designing effective warnings.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 24, 2006;11:1-3.

STUDY

National survey on the effect of oncology drug shortages on cancer care.

McBride A, Holle LM, Westendorf C, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013;70:609-617.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Sarasota Memorial Hospital reviewed after restrained patient dies.

Gulliver D. Sarasota Herald Tribune. November 7, 2006:BS1.

REVIEW

Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients.

Gallagher TH, Studdert D, Levinson W. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:2713-2719.

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