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Impact of the new medical examiner role on patient safety

Alan K. Fletcher, Joanne Coster, Steve Goodacre

BMJ · 2018 · 12 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

The Medical Examiner and patient safetyThe Medical Examiner system ensures that acute hospital Trusts are able to say something about every death and, alongside case record review, has the potential to create a worldleading mortality review system.

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