Framework for analysing risk and safety in clinical medicine.

C. Vincent; S. Taylor-Adams; N. Stanhope

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Framework for analysing risk and safety in clinical medicine.

July 17, 2013

Vincent C, Taylor-Adams S, Stanhope N. BMJ. 1998;316(7138):1154-7.

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This commentary outlines a systems approach to explore factors that affect safe care at various organizational levels.

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