Sensemaking, safety, and cooperative work in the intensive care unit

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 131-137

  Albolino, Sara ^a   Cook, Richard ^b   O'Connor, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative sensemaking; Intensive care unit work; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547440376     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-006-0057-5     Document Type: Article

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