Patient safety in primary care has many aspects: An interview study in primary care doctors and nurses

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 639-643

  Gaal, Sander ^a   Van Laarhoven, Esther ^a   Wolters, René ^a   Wetzels, Raymond ^a   Verstappen, Wim ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Interview study; Patient safety; Practice nurses; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; INCIDENT REPORT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYPHARMACY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONALISM; TELECONSULTATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952936826     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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