Dealing with unforeseen complexity in the OR: The role of heedful interrelating in medical teams

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-272

  Schraagen, Jan Maarten ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Explicit coordination; Heedful interrelating; Medical teams; Team communication; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957933007     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464536X.2011.564481     Document Type: Article

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