Medical error reporting, patient safety and the physician

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-179

  Anderson, Britta ^a,b   Stumpf, Paul G ^c   Schulkin, Jay ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Medical error; Patient safety; Physician; Regret

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70249132971     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181b320b0     Document Type: Article

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