John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. Individual lifetime achievement: Jeffrey B. Cooper, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital.

Jeffrey B. Cooper

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John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. Individual lifetime achievement: Jeffrey B. Cooper, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital.

March 27, 2005

Cooper JB. Joint Commission journal on quality and safety. 2003;29(12):625-33.

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Jeff Cooper played an instrumental role in advancing patient safety in anesthesia, including his work in 1978 and 1984.

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