Patient safety in women's health-care: professional colleges can make a difference. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada MORE(OB) program.

J K Milne; A B Lalonde

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Patient safety in women's health-care: professional colleges can make a difference. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada MORE(OB) program.

April 11, 2007

Milne JK, Lalonde AB. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2007;21(4):565-79.

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The authors describe a patient safety educational program being used in 126 Canadian hospitals to improve the safety of obstetric care.

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