Impact of feeling responsible for adverse events on doctors' personal and professional lives: The importance of being open to criticism from colleagues

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-17

  Aasland, O G ^a,b   Forde R ^b  

^a Research Institute of the Norwegian Medical Association   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPPORT GROUP; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NORWAY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 13544272676     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2002.003657     Document Type: Article

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