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Article: Patient safety: an ethical imperative. (Patient Safety).
- Article from:
- Nursing Economics
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
- Author:
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Executive Summary
* Patient safety should be a consistent attribute in the delivery of health care.
* The publication of the newly revised Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements, addresses patient safety in several important contexts.
* The delivery of safe health care rests in a primary way on the actions of health care professionals and interpersonal processes.
THE RELEASE OF THE National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine report, To Err is Human, Building a Better Health Care System, more than 2 years ago, served as a catalyst for heightened concern about patient safety and renewed commitment among the health ...