A systematic quantitative assessment of risks associated with poor communication in surgical care

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 582-588

  Nagpal, Kamal ^a   Vats, Amit ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a   Smith, Andrea B ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a   Jonannsson, Helgi ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a   Moorthy, Krishna ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953866453     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.105     Document Type: Article

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