Patient safety, error reduction, and ethical practice

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-133

  Erlen, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT; SAFETY;

DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34247092415     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NOR.0000265872.57018.88     Document Type: Review

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