Team leadership in the intensive care unit: The perspective of specialists

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1683-1691

  Reader, Tom W ^a   Flin, Rhona ^b   Cuthbertson, Brian H ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

intensive care unit; leadership; patient safety; team leadership; teamwork; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 79959673362     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318218a4c7     Document Type: Article

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