Major cultural-compatibility complex: considerations on cross-cultural dissemination of patient safety programmes.

Heon-Jae Jeong; Julius C Pham; Minji Kim; Cyrus Engineer; Peter Pronovost

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Major cultural-compatibility complex: considerations on cross-cultural dissemination of patient safety programmes.

February 22, 2012

Jeong H-J, Pham JC, Kim M, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(7):612-5.

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This commentary recommends that international patient safety interventions be informed by cultural context and suggests that small-scale improvement projects can raise awareness of such issues.

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