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ACOG, Committee Opinion. Number 286, October 2003. Patient Safety in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/s0020-7292(04)00178-x
Subject(s) - medicine , obstetrics and gynaecology , citation , gynecology , family medicine , obstetrics , library science , pregnancy , genetics , computer science , biology
Emphasis on patient safety has increased in the past few years mostly in response to the Institute of Medicine report To Err Is Human:Building a Safer Health System. Obstetrician-gynecologists should incorporate elements of patient safety into their practices and also encourage others to use these practices.