Safety in numbers: Physicians joining forces to seal the cracks during transitions

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 329-330

  Coleman, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROFESSIONALISM;

HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS; SAFETY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 70449686482     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.548     Document Type: Editorial

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