A survey of British Columbia anesthesiologists on a provincial critical incident reporting program

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 680-684

  Merchant, Richard N ^a,b   Gully, Patricia M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b British Columbia Anesthesiologists' Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAW SUIT; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 27844506573     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016553     Document Type: Article

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