Patient safety and the need for professional and educational change
Nursing OutlookPublished 1 January 2001
P.J. Maddox, Mary Wakefield, Jan Bull
Citations44
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Questionable quality of health care delivered in the United States has become a front-line issue, taking a strong place alongside more traditional concerns such as increasing costs and access to care.
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Questionable quality of health care delivered in the United States has become a front-line issue, taking a strong place alongside more traditional concerns such as increasing costs and access to care. Given that nurses comprise the largest component of the health care workforce, safety and error reduction in health care are central concerns for the profession.
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