"Those found responsible have been sacked": Some observations on the usefulness of error

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-93

  Cook, Richard I ^a   Nemeth, Christopher P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Error; Healthcare; Hollnagel; Investigation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; REGULATORY STRUCTURE; RESEARCH APPROACH; SOCIAL CONTROL; SYSTEM SAFETY; SYSTEMS VIEW;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77952426921     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-010-0149-0     Document Type: Article

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