An evaluation of adverse incident reporting

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-12

  Stanhope, Nicola ^a   Crowley Murphy, Margaret ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a   O'Connor, Anne M ^b   Taylor Adams, Sally E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b St Paul Intl Insurance Company   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Incident reporting; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032962272     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.1999.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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