Another look at medical error.

William C Deskin; Robert E Hoye

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Another look at medical error.

March 6, 2005

Deskin WC, Hoye RE. J Surg Oncol. 2004;88(3):122-9.

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This article examines the landmark IOM report, To Err Is Human, and investigates the role of health care organization systems in medical error.

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