Telling cultures: 'Cultural' issues for staff reporting concerns about colleagues in the UK National Health Service

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 903-926

  Ehrich, Kathryn ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blame; Culture; Errors; Inquiries; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM; WHISTLEBLOWING;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 33845430909     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2006.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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