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Patient Safety

In: Encyclopedia of Health & Aging
Edited by: Kyriakos S. Markides
Subject:Health Care & Aging, Health Psychology
Keywords:health care; Institute of Medicine; medical errors; patient safety

Patient safety is defined by the Institute of Medicine as freedom from injury associated with accidents or medical errors that can occur across the life span. Joshua A. Perper wrote in 1994 that the most vulnerable patients, who are likely to ...

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  Markides, K. S. (2007). Patient safety. In Encyclopedia of health & aging (Vol. 1, pp. 452-454). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956208.n175
  
  Markides, Kyriakos S. "Patient Safety." In Encyclopedia of Health & Aging, edited by Markides, Kyriakos S., 452-54. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2007. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956208.n175.
  
  Markides, K. S. 2007. Patient Safety. In: Kyriakos S. Markides Editor, 2007. Encyclopedia of Health & Aging, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 452-454 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956208.n175> [Accessed 10 Aug 2022].
  
  Markides, Kyriakos S. "Patient Safety." Encyclopedia of Health & Aging. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2007, pp. 452-54. SAGE Knowledge. 10 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956208.n175.
  
  Markides, Kyriakos S. (2007). Patient safety In:Patient safety Encyclopedia of health & aging Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2007:452-454. doi:10.4135/9781412956208.n175
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