Taxonometric Guidance for Developing Quality Assurance

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Thomadsen, Bruce ^a   Lin, She Woei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Errors; Patient safety; Radiotherapy safety; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TAXONOMIES;

ERROR REDUCTION ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIOTHERAPY SAFETY;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEMORY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH PHYSICS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 41749092334     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.099     Document Type: Article

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