The normalization of deviance: Do we (un)knowingly accept doing the wrong thing?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1499-1502

  Prielipp, Richard C ^a   Magro, Maria ^b   Morell, Robert C ^c   Brull, Sorin J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FATIGUE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL POLICY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOISE POLLUTION; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77951708080     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181d5adc5     Document Type: Short Survey

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