On the trail of quality and safety in health care.

Richard Grol; Donald M. Berwick; Michel Wensing

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On the trail of quality and safety in health care.

March 3, 2011

Grol R, Berwick DM, Wensing M. BMJ. 2008;336(7635):74-6.

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This article addresses the gap in health care quality and safety research and offers a list of topics for future study. The authors argue that the research community's attitude about this field of study must change.

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