Setting a research agenda on patient safety in surgical settings

Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-83

  Beyea, Suzanne C ^a   Kilbridge, Peter ^b  

^a Association of periOperative Registered Nurses   (United States)

^b First Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0242606968     PISSN: 10715517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107155170301000204     Document Type: Article

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