Blame and accountability 2: On being accountable

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-124

  O'Connor, Nick ^a,b   Kotze, Beth ^c,d   Wright, Murray ^b,e  

^a Department Psychology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c South East Sydney Area Health Service ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Royal North Shore Ryde Mental Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

accountability; blame; clinical governance; fair and transparent health culture

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL ERROR; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; GUILT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PSYCHIATRY; SAFETY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 79953231674     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398562.2011.562293     Document Type: Review

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