The problem of defensive medicine: Two Italian surveys

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 148, Issue , 2009, Pages 206-221

  Catino, Maurizio ^a   Celotti, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b MD AzOsp   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blame culture; Defensive medicine; Human error; Organizational learning; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

1000 GPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMAN ERRORS; LEVEL OF SAFETIES; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PATIENT SAFETY; RESEARCH SURVEY;

SURVEYS;

EID: 71749100460     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-043-8-206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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