Managing the unmanageable: Risk assessment and risk management in contemporary professional practice

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 201-206

  Raven, J ^a,c   Rix, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Beds and Shires NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033154546     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2834.1999.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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