Error and patient safety: ethical analysis of cases in occupational and physical therapy practice.

Linda S. Scheirton; K. Mu; H. Lohman; T. M. Cochran

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Error and patient safety: ethical analysis of cases in occupational and physical therapy practice.

January 18, 2011

Scheirton LS, Mu K, Lohman H, et al. Med Health Care Philos. 2007;10(3):301-11.

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The authors present six case studies of failures in occupational and physical therapy and analyze the ethical issues involved in each case.

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