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Research ArticleOriginal Research

Patient Error: A Preliminary Taxonomy

Stephen Buetow, Liz Kiata, Tess Liew, Tim Kenealy, Susan Dovey and Glyn Elwyn
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2009, 7 (3) 223-231; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.941
Stephen Buetow
PhD
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Liz Kiata
MA
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Tess Liew
MA
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Tim Kenealy
PhD, MBChB
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Susan Dovey
PhD
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Glyn Elwyn
MBBCh, PhD
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Correction to Table 2

An error was made in Table 2. Taxonomy of Patient Error in which the entry for Mental errors: background determinants was inadvertently labeled Memory errors: background determinants. A corrected, revised Table 2 is available below.

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