Medical errors and patient safety in palliative care: a review of current literature.

Isabel Dietz; Gian Domenico Borasio; Gerhard Schneider; Ralf J. Jox

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Medical errors and patient safety in palliative care: a review of current literature.

December 4, 2016

Dietz I, Borasio GD, Schneider G, et al. J Palliat Med. 2010;13(12):1469-74.

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Finding limited research on patient safety in palliative care, this review highlights the need for better definitions of medical errors in this setting.

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