Patient views of adverse events: Comparisons of self-reported healthcare staff attitudes with disclosure of accident information

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 513-523

  Itoh, Kenji ^a   Andersen, Henning Boje ^b   Madsen, Marlene Dyrløv ^b   Østergaard, Doris ^c   Ikeno, Masaaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disclosure of accident information; Patient questionnaire; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS;

DISCLOSURE OF ACCIDENT INFORMATION; PATIENT QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT SAFETY;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF REPORT; TRUST;

EID: 33744913281     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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