Demonstration of safety in healthcare organisations

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4166 LNCS, Issue , 2006, Pages 219-232

  Sujan, Mark A ^a   Harrison, Michael D ^b   Steven, Alison ^c   Pearson, Pauline H ^c   Vernon, Susan J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE; MODERNIZATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDIZATION;

HEALTHCARE COMMISSION; MEDICAL DEVICES; ORGANISATIONAL SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 33751015132     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11875567_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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