Medical Errors in Emergency Department; a Letter to Editor
EMERGENCY ,
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018),
19 Aban 2017
,
Page e33
https://doi.org/10.22037/emergency.v6i1.21486
Abstract
Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States of America and almost 100000 patients lose their life due to medical errors every year.- Medical errors
- patient safety
- emergency service
- hospital
- diagnostic errors
- medication errors
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