Lessons learned from measuring safety culture: An Australian case study

Midwifery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 497-503

  Allen, Suellen ^a   Chiarella, Mary ^b   Homer, Caroline S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maternity; Patient safety; Safety culture; Safety domains

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDWIFERY; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956993734     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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