Should patients have a role in patient safety? A safety engineering view

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-142

  Lyons, Melinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RELIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 34247151111     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.018861     Document Type: Short Survey

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