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Profiles in patient safety: authority gradients in medical error.
Cosby KS, Croskerry P. Acad Emerg Med. 2004;11:1341-1345.
 

The authors apply the aviation industry's concept of "authority gradients" to medicine and use several examples to articulate the concept's role in medical error.
 
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Resource Type:  Journal Article > Review

Target Audience:  Health Care Providers > Physicians

Origin/Sponsor:  North America > United States of America
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