Theories of risk and safety: What is their relevance to nursing?

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-264

  Cooke, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural theory; High reliability theory; Normal accident theory; Risk; Safety; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 64549103483     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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