Distracting communications in the operating theatre

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 390-394

  Sevdalis, Nick ^a,b   Healey, Andrew N ^a   Vincent, Charles A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Patient safety; Quality of care; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; RECIPIENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURGICAL WARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; OBSERVATION; OPERATING ROOMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34249030213     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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