JAMA. 2009 Mar 11;301(10):1060-2. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.249.

Diagnostic errors--the next frontier for patient safety.

Newman-Toker DE, Pronovost PJ.

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Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. toker@jhu.edu

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Diagnostic errors and patient safety. [JAMA. 2009]
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Diagnostic errors and patient safety. [JAMA. 2009]
Diagnostic errors and patient safety.Myers JS, VonFeldt JM. JAMA. 2009 Jul 15; 302(3):258-9; author reply 259-60.

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