Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 344-346 , March 2002

Dealing with failure: The aftermath of errors and adverse events

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☆ Reprints not available from the authors. Address for correspondence: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville, 655 West 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209; 904-244-4124; E-mail: wears@ufl.edu.

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.121996

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 344-346 , March 2002

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