Surgical performance, human error and patient safety in urological surgery

British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-10

  Undre, Shabnam ^a   Arora, Sonal ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Institute for Health Research Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Surgical performance; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SKILL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 58149469085     PISSN: 18759742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjmsu.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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