The Western Australian audit of surgical mortality: Advancing surgical accountability

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 504-508

  Semmens, James B ^a   Aitken, R James ^b   Sanfilippo, Frank M ^a   Mukhtar, S Aqif ^a   Haynes, Natasha S ^a   Mountain, Jenny A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

EID: 28444491728     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07150.x     Document Type: Review

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