The Turkish version of the safety attitudes questionnaire: Psychometric properties and baseline data

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 572-577

  Kaya, Sidika ^a   Barsbay, Serkan ^b   Karabulut, Erdem ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 78650382341     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.032003     Document Type: Article

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