Barriers to nurses' reporting of medication administration errors in Taiwan

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 392-399

  Chiang, Hui Ying ^a,c   Pepper, Ginette A ^b  

^a Chi Mei Foundation Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Face saving concern; Medication errors; Power hierarchy; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750860508     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2006.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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