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Patient safety issues and concerns in Bhutan’s healthcare system: a qualitative study.

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posted on 2016-04-01, 00:00 authored by RINCHEN PELZANG
This study identified medication errors, healthcare associated infections, diagnostic errors, surgical errors, laboratory errors and a lack of infrastructure to progress patient safety in hospital contexts as major concerns in the resource poor nation of Bhutan. A culturally adaptive Bhutanised approach to redress these concerns and improve patient safety is proposed.

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xxiii, 273 pages : illustrations, tables, figures, appendices

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eng

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Research doctorate

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PhD.

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The Author. All Rights Reserved

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M Johnstone, A Hutchinson

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Faculty of Health

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School of Nursing & Midwifery

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