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Nature of Blame in Patient Safety Incident Reports: Mixed Methods Analysis of a National Database

Jennifer Cooper, Adrian Edwards, Huw Williams, Aziz Sheikh, Gareth Parry, Peter Hibbert, Amy Butlin, Liam Donaldson and Andrew Carson-Stevens
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2017, 15 (5) 455-461; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2123
Jennifer Cooper
1Primary Care Patient Safety (PISA) Research Group, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
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Adrian Edwards
2Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
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Huw Williams
1Primary Care Patient Safety (PISA) Research Group, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
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Aziz Sheikh
3Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
4Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
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Gareth Parry
4Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
5Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Peter Hibbert
6Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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Amy Butlin
1Primary Care Patient Safety (PISA) Research Group, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
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Liam Donaldson
7London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Group, London, United Kingdom
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Andrew Carson-Stevens
1Primary Care Patient Safety (PISA) Research Group, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
6Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
8Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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vol. 15 no. 5 455-461
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2123
PubMed 
28893816

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication December 19, 2016
  • Revision received March 23, 2017
  • Accepted for publication April 30, 2017
  • Published online September 11, 2017.

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  1. Jennifer Cooper, MBBCh1,
  2. Adrian Edwards, PhD, MRCGP2,
  3. Huw Williams, MCRGP1,
  4. Aziz Sheikh, MD, FRCGP3,4,
  5. Gareth Parry, PhD4,5,
  6. Peter Hibbert, BAppSc (Physio)6,
  7. Amy Butlin, MBBCh1,
  8. Liam Donaldson, MD, MBChB7 and
  9. Andrew Carson-Stevens, PhD, MBBCh1,6,8⇑
  1. 1Primary Care Patient Safety (PISA) Research Group, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
  2. 2Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
  3. 3Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  4. 4Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
  5. 5Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  6. 6Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
  7. 7London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Group, London, United Kingdom
  8. 8Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Andrew Carson-Stevens, PhD, MBBCh, Primary Care Patient Safety (PISA), Research Group, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales CF14 4YS, carson-stevensap{at}cardiff.ac.uk

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