Safety culture of nursing homes: Opinions of top managers

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-187

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Wagner, Laura M ^b   Ferguson, Jamie C ^a   Handler, Steven M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; nursing homes; safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952985038     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3182080d5f     Document Type: Article

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