The patient's role in patient safety.

Ilene Corina; Marissa Abram; David Halperin

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The patient's role in patient safety.

June 1, 2019

Corina I, Abram M, Halperin D. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2019;46(2):215-225.

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Patients and their families can play an important role in maintaining patient safety. This commentary provides clinicians with several tools on how to encourage patients to engage with their own safety and how to effectively communicate with patients should an error occur.

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