Mitigating hazards through continuing design: The birth and evolution of a pediatric intensive care unit

Organization Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-248

  Madsen, Peter ^a   Desai, Vinit ^a   Roberts, Karlene ^a   Wong, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; High reliability organizations; Organizational design; Pediatric intensive care; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645577347     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0185     Document Type: Article

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