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COMMENTARY

Check the Wristband.

Rosenthal MM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2003.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Program encourages reporting accidents waiting to happen: the Good Catch Awards.

McCook A. Anesthesiology News. Sept 2011;37:9.

COMMENTARY

To Resuscitate or Not?

Wu AW, Pronovost PJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2004.

COMMENTARY

No Blood, Please.

Liang BA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2004.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

In a crisis, do-not-revive requests don't always work.

Parker L. USA Today. December 19, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Preventing surgical errors.

Frenzel JC, Kelly T. HHN Magazine Online. January 6, 2009.

COMMENTARY

Code Status Confusion.

Lo B, Tulsky JA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2003.

COMMENTARY

A living will misinterpreted as a DNR order: confusion compromises patient care.

Katsetos AD, Mirarchi FL. J Emerg Med. 2011;40:629-632.

COMMENTARY

DNR in the OR and Afterwards

Lo B. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2006.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety: honoring advanced directives.

Tice MA. Home Healthc Nurse. 2007;25:79-81.

COMMENTARY

Overriding Considerations.

Holtzman, NA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2004.

COMMENTARY

Listen to the Family.

Campbell D Jr. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2004.

COMMENTARY

The Wrongful Resuscitation

Teno JM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2008.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Improving Patient Safety Through Informed Consent for Patients with Limited Health Literacy.

Wu HW, Nishimi RY, Page-Lopez CM, Kizer KW. Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2005.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Language Barriers in Health Care.

Saha S, Fernandez A, eds. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22(suppl 2):277-372.

COMMENTARY

Drug errors, qualitative research and some reflections on ethics.

Armitage G. J Clin Nurs. 2005;14:869-875.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals save money, but safety is questioned.

Klein A. The Washington Post. December 11, 2005:A01.

STUDY

Association between hospital-reported Leapfrog Safe Practices scores and inpatient mortality.

Kernisan LP, Lee SJ, Boscardin WJ, Landefeld CS, Dudley RA. JAMA. 2009;301:1341-1348.

COMMENTARY

Is consent required for publication of medical errors?

Weisbaum K, Hyland S, Bernstein M. Healthcare Q. 2005;8:66-69.

COMMENTARY

OR Peeping.

Mackenzie CF. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

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