Responding to patient safety incidents: The "seven pillars"

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  McDonald, T B ^a,b,c   Helmchen, L A ^b   Smith, K M ^a,b   Centomani, N ^b   Gunderson, A ^a   Mayer, D ^a,b   Chamberlin, W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Safety and Risk Management (MC 805)   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CHICAGO; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77956924128     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.031633     Document Type: Article

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