Say what you mean to say: Improving patient handoffs in the operating room and beyond

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 248-253

  McQueen Shadfar, Lauren ^a   Taekman, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CASE REPORT; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCROTUM; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

APGAR SCORE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; NORTH CAROLINA; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; SCROTUM;

EID: 77955586169     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e3181e3f234     Document Type: Article

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