First, do no harm

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-101

  Dracup, Kathleen ^a   Bryan Brown, Christopher W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME;

EID: 16244416890     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2005.14.2.99     Document Type: Editorial

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