Patient safety strategies: a call for physician leadership.

Kenneth I. Shine

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Patient safety strategies: a call for physician leadership.

March 13, 2013

Shine KI. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 1):353-4.

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This editorial encapsulates lessons from reviews of patient safety strategies and emphasizes physicians' roles in leading and modeling the recommended safety practices.

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