Semper gumby sub rosa: Adaptability in a healthcare setting

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 319-322

  Wears, Robert L ^a   Perry, Shawna J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL WORK; COGNITIVE ENGINEERING; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; JOINT COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 67650119913     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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