New Approaches to Researching Patient Safety.

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New Approaches to Researching Patient Safety.

January 6, 2010

Iedema R, ed. Soc Sci Med. 2009;69(12):1701-1783.

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This special series of articles illustrates how methods used in social science research can be applied to the study of patient safety.

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