Achieving a safety culture in obstetrics

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 529-538

  DuPree, Erin ^a   O'Neill, Loraine ^b   Anderson, Rebecca M ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Just culture; Learning culture; Obstetric patient safety; Obstetric quality indicators; Patient safety; Reporting culture; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; OBSTETRIC CARE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 73349108777     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20144     Document Type: Review

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