Perspective: a road map for academic departments to promote scholarship in quality improvement and patient safety.

Naama Neeman; Niraj L. Sehgal

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Perspective: a road map for academic departments to promote scholarship in quality improvement and patient safety.

January 30, 2005

Neeman N, Sehgal NL. Acad Med. 2012;87(2):168-71.

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