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Patient safety
Patient safety: global momentum builds
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  1. Sir Liam Donaldson
  1. Correspondence to:
 Professor Sir L J Donaldson
 Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London SW1A 2NS, UK; philippwho.int

https://doi.org/10.1136/qshc.2004.010587

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