Getting to Havarti: Moving toward patient safety in obstetrics

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1146-1150

  Veltman, Larry L ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER GROUP; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSTETRICS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PARTURITION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35848930545     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000287066.13389.8c     Document Type: Review

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