Leadership in anaesthesia teams: The most effective leadership is shared

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Künzle, Barbara ^a   Zala Mezö, Enikö ^b   Wacker, Johannes ^c   Kolbe, Michaela ^a   Spahn, Donat R ^c   Grote, Gudela ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MANPOWER; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 78650409698     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.030262     Document Type: Article

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