Review Patient safety and acute care medicine: lessons for the future, insights from the past. Citation Text: Brindley PG. Patient safety and acute care medicine: lessons for the future, insights from the past. Crit Care. 2010;14(2):217. doi:10.1186/cc8858. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL March 24, 2010 Brindley PG. Crit Care. 2010;14(2):217. View more articles from the same authors. This brief review details how observations from engineering, cognitive psychology, and chess can inform patient safety efforts. PubMed citation Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Brindley PG. Patient safety and acute care medicine: lessons for the future, insights from the past. Crit Care. 2010;14(2):217. doi:10.1186/cc8858. 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