Attitudes to patient safety amongst medical students and tutors: Developing a reliable and valid measure

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Carruthers, Sam ^a   Lawton, Rebecca ^a   Sandars, John ^a   Howe, Amanda ^b   Perry, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449083784     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802650142     Document Type: Article

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