Moving a step forward to promote patient safety and quality of care in Europe

Authors

  • Maria Iglesia European Commission, DG Health and Consumers Commission European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
  • Georgios Margetidis European Commission Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency, Luxembourg
  • Sabrina Montante Brussels Office, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brussels, Belgium
  • Elena Azzolini Section of Hygiene, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
  • Walter Ricciardi Section of Hygiene, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2427/11034

Abstract

Improving safety and quality of care has always been at the heart of national, European and international policies. The premises of such concern have their roots in the times of the Greek physician Hippocrates of Cos, about the 4th century BC, with the directive primum non nocere (“first do no harm”). [...]

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Published

2022-05-30

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 4 (2014)

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Editorial

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Copyright (c) 2022 M. Iglesia, G. Margetidis, S. Montante, E. Azzolini, W. Ricciardi

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