Patient safety attitudes among respiratory therapists in Taiwan

Respiratory Care

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1924-1929

  Shie, Huei Guan ^a,b   Lee, Wui Chiang ^a,c   Hsiao, Hsiu Feng ^d,e   Lin, Hui Ling ^d   Yang, Ling Ling ^f   Jung, Fang ^g  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f Anshin Home Care Center   (Taiwan)

^g FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Culture; Job satisfaction; Management; Respiratory therapists; Safety; Stress recognition; Teamwork; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; SAFETY ATTITUDE QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; TEAMWORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; SAFETY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82555173675     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01165     Document Type: Article

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