Information transfer and communication in surgery: A systematic review

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-239

  Nagpal, Kamal ^a   Vats, Amit ^a   Lamb, Benjamin ^a   Ashrafian, Hutan ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a   Moorthy, Krishna ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TRANSFER AND COMMUNICATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

ANESTHESIA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 77955176058     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181e495c2     Document Type: Article

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