Patient safety: The need for an open and fair culture

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-131

  Shaw, Rory ^a  

^a NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse event reporting; Medical error; Open and fair culture; Patient safety; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; SAFETY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4043179917     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-2-128     Document Type: Article

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