Safety in surgery: Is selection the missing link?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1993-2000

  Paice, Alistair G ^a   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79952112918     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0619-9     Document Type: Review

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