What doctors can learn from the factory floor.

C. Martyn

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What doctors can learn from the factory floor.

January 23, 2012

Martyn C. BMJ. 2010;340(mar03 3).

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This essay relates what health care systems can learn from industry about making the work environment safer and more reliable.

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