Doctors' views of attitudes towards peer medical error

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-212

  Asghari, F ^a   Fotouhi, A ^b   Jafarian, A ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PEER GROUP; PHYSICIANS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 66449107180     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.025015     Document Type: Article

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