Patient safety in women's health care: a framework for progress

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-536

  Gluck, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

defensive barriers; medical errors; patient safety; team function

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

CULTURAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS; TEAMWORK; THEORY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34547134218     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2007.01.012     Document Type: Review

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