Sins of omission
- 1 August 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 20 (8) , 686-691
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the relative incidence of serious errors of omission versus errors of commission. OBJECTIVE:To identify the most common substantive medical errors identified by...Keywords
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