Skip Navigation


International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access originally published online on September 7, 2006
International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2006 18(5):325-326; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzl041
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
18/5/325    most recent
mzl041v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Donaldson, L. J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Donaldson, L. J.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care vol. 18 no. 5 © The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Society for Quality in Health Care; all rights reserved

Editorial

In terms of safety

The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below.

Have your say on a new international approach to classifying patient safety information.

Better classification of health information is often seen as a long way removed from the real work of making patient care safer. This is a mistaken view. Global progress on patient safety requires clear agreement about key safety terms and concepts. To date, a truly international patient safety classification has been missing. Our . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Liam J. Donaldson

WHO, World Alliance for Patient Safety, Geneva, Switzerland


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Int J Qual Health CareHome page
R. Thomson, P. Lewalle, H. Sherman, P. Hibbert, W. Runciman, and G. Castro
Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: a Delphi survey
Int. J. Qual. Health Care, February 1, 2009; 21(1): 9 - 17.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Int J Qual Health CareHome page
T. Perneger
The Council of Europe recommendation Rec(2006)7 on management of patient safety and prevention of adverse events in health care
Int. J. Qual. Health Care, October 1, 2008; 20(5): 305 - 307.
[Full Text] [PDF]