Doctors' handovers in an acute medical assessment unit: A hierarchical task analysis

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 967-971

  Raduma Tomàs, Michelle A ^a   Flin, Rhona ^a   Yule, Steven ^a   Close, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; JOB ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL STAFF; CRITICAL TASKS; FOCUS GROUPS; HAND OVER; HANDOVER PROCESS; HIERARCHICAL TASK ANALYSIS; ORGANISATIONAL; SAFETY NETS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 79952909730     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193121005401235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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