Clinical risk and collective competence in the hospital emergency department in the UK

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-91

  Boreham, N C ^a   Shea, C E ^a   Mackway Jones, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical risk; Critical incident technique; Division of labour; Emergency medicine; Professions; UK

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034016931     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00441-4     Document Type: Article

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