Supporting structures for team situation awareness and decision making: Insights from four delivery suites

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-54

  MacKintosh, Nicola ^b   Berridge, Emma Jane ^b   Freeth, Della ^a,b  

^a Education Development Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Maternity; Patient safety; Situation awareness; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY ROOM; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TEAM SITUATION AWARENESS; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREGNANCY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 60349114641     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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