Care begins with listening.
Patients, families and professionals: safe care matters to everyone involved.
Every 17 September, the World Health Organization draws attention to patient safety. The day brings patients, families, communities and health workers together around a shared commitment: making care safer.
World Health Assembly resolution WHA 72.6 recognised patient safety as a global health priority and established the annual observance.
Sources consulted on September 15, 2026.
“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things.”
The Enchiridion, V
English translation by Thomas W. Higginson.
Read the source: Project Gutenberg · The Enchiridion ↗More reasons to look around.
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