- ►bmj.com [PDF] KM McPherson, P Kersten - British Medical Journal, 2004 - qshc.bmj.com A protocol for the reduction of surgical ... ..................................
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- ►ahajournals.org S Middleton, D Sharpe, J Harris, A Corbett, R … - Stroke, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Results— We received 296 completed questionnaires (60% response rate). Nearly
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- ►bmj.com [PDF] J Firth-Cozens, H Cording - British Medical Journal, 2004 - qshc.bmj.com M edical errors make headline news. The headlines will always emphasise the
human suffering associated with medical error, but the prevention of such errors
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P Gompertz, A Slack, M Vogel, S Burrows, P … - Hospital medicine (London, England: 1998), 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 'Stroke units save lives', but organized care requires expert staff and regular
training to be effective. However, the quality of inpatient care for stroke
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- ►ahajournals.org S Billings-Gagliardi, KM Mazor - Stroke, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc Background and Purpose— Accurately assessing the public's readiness to respond
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- ►critcaremed.com N Moloczij, KM McPherson, JF Smith, NM … - Health & Social Care in the Community, 2008 - pt.wkhealth.com Stroke is a major cause of death and disability in many countries. Early access
to the most appropriate medical treatment can improve health outcomes. Despite
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S Yoon, RF Heller, C Levi, J Wiggers - BMC Public Health, 2001 - biomedcentral.com The most common symptoms of stroke listed by respondents were "Sudden difficulty
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long-term disability of adults in most countries. This study was performed to
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MJ Reeves, AP Rafferty, AAR Aranha, V … - Cerebrovasc Dis, 2008 - content.karger.com Background: Increasing the public's awareness of stroke is a public health
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