New approaches to researching patient safety

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1701-1704

  Iedema, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK; SAFETY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOLOGY;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 71849110056     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.050     Document Type: Article

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