@article{d178daa71c4443ed8adf1d6af165f0b0,
title = "Tracing the foundations of a conceptual framework for a patient safety ontology",
abstract = "In work for the World Alliance for Patient Safety on research methods and measures and on defining key concepts for an International Patient Safety Classification (ICPS), it became apparent that there was a need to try to understand how the meaning of patient safety and underlying concepts relate to the existing safety and quality frameworks commonly used in healthcare.",
keywords = "Biomedical Research, Concept Formation, Humans, Internationality, Medical Errors, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Safety Management",
author = "Runciman, {William B} and Baker, {G Ross} and Philippe Michel and Susan Dovey and Lilford, {Richard J} and Jensen, {Natasja Koitzsch} and Rhona Flin and Weeks, {William B} and Pierre Lewalle and Itziar Larizgoitia and David Bates and {Methods & Measures Working Group of the World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety}",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1136/qshc.2009.035147",
language = "English",
volume = "19",
pages = "e56",
journal = "BMJ Quality and Safety",
issn = "2044-5415",
publisher = "BMJ Publishing Group",
number = "6",
}