Engineering a safe landing: Engaging medical practitioners in a systems approach to patient safety

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 295-302

  Brand, C ^a,c   Ibrahim, J ^b   Bain, C ^a   Jones, C ^a   King, B ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Patient safety; Quality of care; System based error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOINFORMATICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248354287     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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