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Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety.

February 4, 2009

Int J Qual Health Care. 2009;21:1-75.

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This set of articles focuses on the World Alliance for Patient Safety initiative to develop an international taxonomy for patient safety and describes how the terms, concepts, and classifications were chosen.

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