View from the cockpit: what the airline industry can teach us about patient safety.

Jeffrey N. Doucette

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View from the cockpit: what the airline industry can teach us about patient safety.

November 29, 2006

Doucette JN. Nursing (Brux). 2006;36(11):50-53.

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The authors discuss how crew resource management practices can be adapted to increase safety in health care.

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