Approaches to reducing the most important patient errors in primary health-care: Patient and professional perspectives

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-303

  Buetow, Stephen ^a   Kiata, Liz ^b   Liew, Tess ^b   Kenealy, Tim ^a   Dovey, Susan ^c   Elwyn, Glyn ^d  

^a Departments of General Practice and Primary Health Care   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community health care; Patient perspectives; Patient safety; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; SOCIAL MARKETING;

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; SOCIAL MARKETING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953877253     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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