The Gift of Failure: New Approaches to Analyzing and Learning from Events and Near-Misses.

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The Gift of Failure: New Approaches to Analyzing and Learning from Events and Near-Misses.

July 31, 2012

Fahlbruch B, Carroll JS, eds. Safety Sci. 2011;49(1):1-106

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This special issue discusses how concepts by event analysis pioneer Bernhard Wilpert can be developed to present undesirable events as learning opportunities in health care.

Table of contents

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