Examining the complexity behind a medication error: Generic patterns in communication

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 749-756

  Patterson, Emily S ^a,b   Cook, Richard I ^c   Woods, David D ^d   Render, Marta L ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PERSONNEL;

COMMUNICATION PATTERNS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 7444239243     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2004.836807     Document Type: Article

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