Discrepant perceptions of communication, teamwork and situation awareness among surgical team members

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-166

  Wauben, L S G L ^a,b   Dekker van Doorn, C M ^a,c   van Wijngaarden, J D H ^c   Goossens, R H M ^a,b   Huijsman, R ^c   Klein, J ^a,c,d   Lange, J F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Patient safety; Quality of care; Surgery; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; NURSE ANESTHETIST; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; SURGEON; TEAMWORK;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 79952594672     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq079     Document Type: Article

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