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COMMENTARY
Suicidal Man with Gun.
Simon RI. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2003.
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Flying Object Hits MRI.
Gosbee J, Gosbee LL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2003.
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Language Barrier
Flores G. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2006.
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Missed Appendicitis.
Adams JG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.
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Privacy Gone Awry.
Pauker SG, Pauker SP. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2004.
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Undiagnosed Vaginal Bleeding.
Mandelblatt J. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.
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When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Adverse Events.
A Consensus Statement of the Harvard Hospitals. Burlington: Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors; 2006.
BOOK/REPORT
Vincristine: Learning from Error Workshop.
World Alliance for Patient Safety. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2008.
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When “Psychiatric” Symptoms are Not.
Goldberg RJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2003.
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Check the Wristband.
Rosenthal MM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2003.
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Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety.
Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:1401-1406.
COMMENTARY
Not a Miscarriage.
Learman LA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.
REVIEW
Hospital do-not-resuscitate orders: why they have failed and how to fix them.
Yuen JK, Reid MC, Fetters MD. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:791-797.
COMMENTARY
The Dropped Lung.
Heffner JE. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2003.
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Delay in Initiating Antibiotics Leads to Fatal Error.
Bellini LM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.
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Discharge Fumbles.
Forster A. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2004.
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The 2-Week Itch.
Cohen MR. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2003.
COMMENTARY
Code Blue—Where To?
Adams BD. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2007.
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