Getting doctors to report medical errors: Project DISCLOSE

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 382-392

  King, Emmanuel S ^a   Moyer, Darilyn V ^b   Couturie, Michael J ^b   Gaughan, John P ^c   Shulkin, David J ^a,d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHILADELPHIA; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34250623536     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(06)32050-8     Document Type: Article

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