Safety climate and motivation toward patient safety among Japanese nurses in hospitals of fewer than 250 beds

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-79

  Kudo, Yasushi ^a   Kido, Shigeri ^b   Taruzuka Shahzad, Machiko ^b   Saegusa, Yoichi ^a   Satoh, Toshihiko ^a   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hospital; Nurse; Patient safety; Questionnaire; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349104533     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.70     Document Type: Article

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