Communication in emergency medicine: Implications for patient safety

Communication Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 390-413

  Eisenberg, Eric M ^a   Murphy, Alexandra G ^b   Sutcliffe, Kathleen ^c   Wears, Robert ^d   Schenkel, Stephen ^f   Perry, Shawna ^e   Vanaerhoef, Mary ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Department of Emergency Medicine ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency Medicine; Handoffs; Health Communication; Patient Safety; Qualitative Methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244457871     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750500322602     Document Type: Article

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