The Ethics of Using QI Methods to Improve Health Care Quality and Safety.

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The Ethics of Using QI Methods to Improve Health Care Quality and Safety.

August 16, 2006

Baily MA, Bottrell M, Lynn J, Jennings J. Hastings Center Report; 2006(July-August): S2-S40.

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The participants in this AHRQ–funded project explored the ethical issues involved in quality and safety improvement research by considering the possibility that patients could be exposed to inadvertent harm.

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