Studying patient safety in health care organizations: Accentuate the qualitative

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-15

  Hoff, Timothy J ^a   Sutcliffe, Kathleen M ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744482608     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(06)32002-8     Document Type: Article

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