Improvements in the safety of patient care can help end the medical malpractice crisis in the United States
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- Mello, Michelle M. & Hemenway, David, 2004. "Medical malpractice as an epidemiological problem," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 59(1), pages 39-46, July.
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