How to develop a second victim support program: a toolkit for health care organizations.

Stephen D. Pratt; Linda Kenney; Susan D. Scott; Albert W. Wu

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How to develop a second victim support program: a toolkit for health care organizations.

January 3, 2017

Pratt SD, Kenney L, Scott SD, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38(5):235-40, 193.

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This commentary describes the development of a toolkit to help hospitals create and implement support programs for second victims of medical error.

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