title: The global problem of adverse patient safety incidents in health care.
abstract: John Tingle discusses work carried out by the World Health Organization in patient safety and a report from the European Commission.
authors.affiliation: Nottingham Trent University.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tingle
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007258:Informed Consent; D017751:Safety Management; D013222:State Medicine; D014944:World Health Organization