A review of medical error taxonomies: A human factors perspective

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 607-615

  Taib, Ibrahim Adham ^a,b   McIntosh, Andrew Stuart ^a   Caponecchia, Carlo ^a   Baysari, Melissa T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Human factors; Medical error; Medical informatics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ERROR MECHANISMS; HUMAN FACTORS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SYSTEMIC FACTORS; THEORETICAL ERRORS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; TAXONOMIES;

ERRORS;

BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; THEORY; WELLBEING;

EID: 79952184527     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.12.014     Document Type: Review

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