Commentary Essay: the political logic of regulatory error. Citation Text: Carpenter D, Ting MM. Essay: the political logic of regulatory error. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2005;4(10):819-23. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL November 30, 2005 Carpenter D, Ting MM. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2005;4(10):819-23. View more articles from the same authors. The authors draw on political science to discuss factors that contribute to errors in pharmaceutical regulation. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Carpenter D, Ting MM. Essay: the political logic of regulatory error. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2005;4(10):819-23. 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Creating a high-reliability health care system: improving performance on core processes of care at Johns Hopkins Medicine. January 21, 2015
Two-state collaborative study of a multifaceted intervention to decrease ventilator-associated events. June 7, 2017
The relationship between safety culture and voluntary event reporting in a large regional ambulatory care group. March 22, 2017
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