Getting surgery right

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-403

  Clarke, John R ^a,b,c,d   Johnston, Janet ^b,c   Finley, Edward D ^b,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ECRI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System   (United States)

^d Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEG; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANESTHESIST; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; OPERATING ROOM; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 34548168123     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181469987     Document Type: Article

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