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Barriers and Motivators for Making Error Reports from Family Medicine Offices: A Report from the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN)
Nancy C. Elder, Deborah Graham, Elias Brandt and John Hickner
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine March 2007, 20 (2) 115-123; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2007.02.060081
Nancy C. Elder
MD, MSPH
Deborah Graham
MSPH
Elias Brandt
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In this issue
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 20, Issue 2
March-April 2007
Barriers and Motivators for Making Error Reports from Family Medicine Offices: A Report from the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN)
Nancy C. Elder, Deborah Graham, Elias Brandt, John Hickner
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Mar 2007, 20 (2) 115-123; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.02.060081
Barriers and Motivators for Making Error Reports from Family Medicine Offices: A Report from the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN)
Nancy C. Elder, Deborah Graham, Elias Brandt, John Hickner
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Mar 2007, 20 (2) 115-123; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.02.060081
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