Reducing the risk of NHS disasters

How could we better use public inquiries to stem the recurrence of healthcare failures? The question seems ever relevant, prompted this time by the inquiry into how former nurse Letby was able to murder newborns under National Health Service care. While criminality, like Letby’s, can be readily cond...

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Главный автор: Jesudason, Edwin (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2024
В: Journal of medical ethics
Год: 2024, Том: 50, Выпуск: 7, Страницы: 482-488
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