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'Just culture': improving safety by achieving substantive, procedural and restorative justice.

May 25, 2016

Dekker SWA, Breakey H. Saf Sci. 2016;85.

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A just culture balances organizational context with appropriate accountability after an error. This commentary outlines moral and safety issues that just culture approaches should address to build trust for blame-free response to error and enable learning from failure.

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