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To Err Is Human
Building a Safer Health System

Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and
Molla S. Donaldson, Editors
Committee on Quality of Health Care in America
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE

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To err is human :building a safer health system / Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and
Molla S. Donaldson, editors.
p. cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-309-06837-1
1. Medical errors—Prevention. I. Kohn, Linda T. II. Corrigan, Janet. III.
Donaldson, Molla S.
R729.8.T6 2000
362.1—dc21
99-088993
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