The emotional impact of medical errors on practicing physicians in the United States and Canada

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 467-476

  Waterman, Amy D ^a   Garbutt, Jane ^a   Hazel, Erik ^a   Dunagan, William Claiborne ^a   Levinson, Wendy ^b   Fraser, Victoria J ^a   Gallagher, Thomas H ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547612347     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(07)33050-X     Document Type: Article

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