Safety culture in the Maternity Units: A census survey using the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Raftopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Savva, Nicos ^a   Papadopoulou, Maria ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

maternity care; patient safety; quality care; safety attitudes; safety culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CYPRUS; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CYPRUS; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80053365583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-238     Document Type: Article

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