Patient safety as perceived by Swedish leaders

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-182

  Härenstam, Karin Pukk ^a   Elg, Mattias ^b,c   Svensson, Carina ^b   Brommels, Mats ^d,e   Øvretveit, John ^d,f  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Health services; Leaders; Patient care; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649830243     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860910944656     Document Type: Article

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