Bad stars or guiding lights? Learning from disasters to improve patient safety.

C. Hughes; J. F. Travaglia; J. Braithwaite

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Bad stars or guiding lights? Learning from disasters to improve patient safety.

August 8, 2010

Hughes C, Travaglia JF, Braithwaite J. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(4):332-6.

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This article draws on incidents in high-risk fields to demonstrate how such disasters offer insight for patient safety improvement efforts.

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