The Anatomy of Medical Error: Preventing Harm with People-Based Patient Safety.

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The Anatomy of Medical Error: Preventing Harm with People-Based Patient Safety.

October 25, 2006

Geller ES, Johnson D. Virginia Beach, VA: Costal Training Technologies Corporation; 2007. ISBN: 9780966460414.

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The authors discuss how to increase staff safety awareness by developing four skills: acting, coaching, thinking, and seeing.

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