Views of practicing physicians and the public on medical errors

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 1933-1940

  Blendon, Robert J ^a   DesRoches, Catherine M ^a   Brodie, Mollyann ^b   Benson, John M ^a   Rosen, Allison B ^a   Schneider, Eric ^a   Altman, Drew E ^b   Zapert, Kinga ^c   Herrmann, Melissa J ^d   Steffenson, Annie E ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Harris Interactive   (United States)

^d International Communications Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0037069783     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa022151     Document Type: Article

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