Quality of Healthcare - Clinical Errors.

Lately, clinical errors grew in numbers and this trend is evident in the findings of recently-released surveys. Furthermore, it is obvious that clinical errors, in addition to financial costs, affect negatively the quality of health care but, most of all, they affect patients, health professionals a...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Caring Sciences Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 105 - 107
Autor principal: Pavlakis, Andreas
Formato: editorial Journal Article
Publicado: International Journal of Caring Sciences Sep-Dec2011
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
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Sumario:Lately, clinical errors grew in numbers and this trend is evident in the findings of recently-released surveys. Furthermore, it is obvious that clinical errors, in addition to financial costs, affect negatively the quality of health care but, most of all, they affect patients, health professionals and their respective families.