Medical errors: An introduction to concepts

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1043-1051

  Kalra, Jawahar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Cognitive errors; Medical error; Patient safety; Quality improvement; System errors

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERROR; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD;

COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 10044274337     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2004.08.007     Document Type: Review

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