Can we select health professionals who provide safer care

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Firth Cozens, J ^a   Cording, H ^a   Ginsburg, R ^a  

^a London Deanery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; JOB PERFORMANCE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SELF ESTEEM; WELLBEING;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 0348234369     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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