Safety in healthcare is a moving target

Charles Vincent, Rene Amalberti, Charles Vincent, Rene Amalberti

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Keywords: Adverse events, epidemiology and detection; Health services research; Healthcare quality improvement; Patient safety; Quality measurement.

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