Patient participation: Current knowledge and applicability to patient safety

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-62

  Longtin, Yves ^a   Sax, Hugo ^a   Leape, Lucian L ^b,e   Sheridan, Susan E ^c,e   Donaldson, Liam ^d,e   Pittet, Didier ^a,e  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Consumers Advancing Patient Safety ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PARAMETER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; ROLE CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 73649144228     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2009.0248     Document Type: Article

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