Is employee discipline the solution for patient safety?

Karen A Mace

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Is employee discipline the solution for patient safety?

January 4, 2006

Mace KA. Nurs Manag. 2005;36(12):57-59.

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The author provides suggestions on how to support a blame-free culture and encourage medical error reporting.

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