The relationship of the emotional climate of work and threat to patient outcome in a high-volume thoracic surgery operating room team

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-242

  Nurok, Michael ^a   Evans, Linda A ^b   Lipsitz, Stuart ^b   Satwicz, Paul ^c   Kelly, Andrea ^d   Frankel, Allan ^e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Pascal Metrics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; OPERATING ROOM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79953796955     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2009.039008     Document Type: Article

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