Turning the medical gaze in upon itself: Root cause analysis and the investigation of clinical error

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1605-1615

  Iedema, Roderick Aren Michael ^a   Jorm, Christine ^a   Long, Debbi ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a   Travaglia, Jo ^a   Westbrook, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Clinical incidents; Discourse analysis; Root cause analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSERVER BIAS; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 32644445357     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.049     Document Type: Article

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