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  1. Center for Bioethics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., 29208, USA

    George Khushf Ph.D. ( Humanities Director)

  2. Quality of Medical Education, and Research, Palmetto Health, Columbia, S.C., 29201, USA

    James Raymond M.D., M.S. ( Senior Vice President)

  3. Palmetto Health, Columbia, S.C., 29201, USA

    Charles Beaman Jr. M.H.A. (President and CEO)

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Khushf, G., Raymond, J. & Beaman, C. The Institute of Medicine’s Reports on Quality and Safety: Paradoxes and Tensions. HEC Forum 20, 1–14 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-008-9060-y

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