Why is patient safety so hard? A selective review of ethnographic studies

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 11-16

  Dixon Woods, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAFF; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SAFETY;

COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77949527333     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jhsrp.2009.009041     Document Type: Review

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