Medical Error as a Challenge in Iran’s Health System

authors:

avatar Mohammad Khammarnia ORCID 1 , * , avatar Fatemeh Setoodehzadeh 2

Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran
Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Health Scope: Vol.6, issue 1; e61597
published online: September 24, 2016
article type: Editorial
received: June 5, 2016
revised: August 23, 2016
accepted: September 16, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17795/jhealthscope-39743

how to cite: Khammarnia M, Setoodehzadeh F. Medical Error as a Challenge in Iran’s Health System. Health Scope. 2017;6(1):e61597. https://doi.org/10.17795/jhealthscope-39743.

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