Patient safety: Do nursing and medical curricula address this theme?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-340

  Wakefield, Ann ^a   Attree, Moira ^a   Braidman, Isobel ^a   Carlisle, Caroline ^a   Johnson, Martin ^b   Cooke, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Educational curricula; Near miss; Patients safety

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL ERROR; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SAFETY; STUDENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 18744365495     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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