Medical error identification, disclosure, and reporting: Do emergency medicine provider groups differ?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-451

  Hobgood, Cherri ^a   Weiner, Bryan ^b   Tamayo Sarver, Joshua H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Medical error; Patient safety; Reporting systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; VIGNETTE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; SAFETY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33645320533     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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