Naming the "baby" or the "beast"? The importance of concepts and labels in healthcare safety investigation.

Siri Wiig; Carl Macrae; Jan Frich; Sina Furnes Øyri

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Naming the "baby" or the "beast"? The importance of concepts and labels in healthcare safety investigation.

April 5, 2023

Wiig S, Macrae C, Frich J, et al. Front Public Health. 2023;11:1087268.

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Patient safety incident investigations are important tools for identifying failures and facilitators of patient harm. This article provides an overview of the regulatory bodies in Norway that are involved in investigating adverse events and how the language used during these investigative activities can support or impede the process.

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