Institute of Medicine Medical Error Figures Are Not Exaggerated
- 5 July 2000
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 284 (1) , 95-97
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.284.1.95
Abstract
Few publications in recent memory have received as much notice or stimulated as swift a response among policy makers as the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reportKeywords
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