Learning from mistakes in New Zealand hospitals: What else do we need besides "no-fault"?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1239, 2006, Pages

  Soleimani, Farzad ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLIC OPINION; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33747277742     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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