What do family physicians consider an error? A comparison of definitions and physician perception

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Elder, Nancy C ^a   Pallerla, Harini ^a   Regan, Saundra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SAFETY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 33845673342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-7-73     Document Type: Article

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