Patient Safety: A Human Factors Approach.

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Patient Safety: A Human Factors Approach.

October 5, 2011

Dekker S. Boca Raton: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group; 2011. ISBN: 9781439852255.

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This book explores the complexity of patient safety improvement through the lens of human factors engineering and provides practical avenues for its application.

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