Attitudes toward safety and teamwork in a maternity unit with embedded team training

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-137

  Siassakos, Dimitrios ^a   Fox, Robert ^b   Hunt, Linda ^c   Farey, Jane ^a   Laxton, Christina ^a   Winter, Cathy ^a   Draycott, Timothy ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Child Life and Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

obstetric; risk management; safety attitudes; team training; teamwork

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77955791492     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860610373379     Document Type: Article

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