Team Function in Obstetrics to Reduce Errors and Improve Outcomes

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-95

  Nielsen, Peter ^a   Mann, Susan ^b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BEHAVIOR; CREW RESOURCE MANANGEMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABOR; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; TEAMWORK; TRAINING;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39849103168     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2007.12.011     Document Type: Review

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