Evaluation of critical incidents in general surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1420-1425

  Zingg, U ^a,c   Zala Mezoe, E ^b   Kuenzle, B ^b   Licht, A ^a   Metzger, U ^a   Grote, G ^b   Platz, A ^a  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 55549094083     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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