Accountability: Patient Safety and Policy Reform.

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Accountability: Patient Safety and Policy Reform.

March 6, 2005

Sharpe VA, ed. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press; 2004. ISBN 9781589010239.

Through contributions from patients, family members, and scholars, this volume explores how moral responsibility influences accountability for medical errors.

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