2008 Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Congress: conference proceedings.

Larry Stepnick; Susan Edgman-Levitan; Doug Bonacum; Diane C. Pinakiewicz

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2008 Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Congress: conference proceedings.

September 24, 2008

Stepnick L, Edgman-Levitan S, Bonacum D, et al.

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This article summarizes the three plenary sessions of the 2008 National Patient Safety Foundation Congress in Nashville.

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