Reconciling patient safety and liability : lessons from a just culture

Patient safety is a serious global public health issue. Approximately 1 in 10 hospitalised patients are harmed by medical mistakes. Most of these adverse events are preventable. Medical error causes substantial morbidity and mortality. Unsafe care is not only responsible for immeasurable suffering,...

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Main Author: Oosthuizen, William Thomas
Other Authors: Carstens, Pieter Albert, 1960-
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65708
Oosthuizen, WT 2017, Reconciling patient safety and liability : Lessons from a just culture, LLD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65708>