Safety hazards in cancer care: Findings using three different methods

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1052-1056

  Lipczak, Henriette ^a   Knudsen, Janne Lehmann ^a   Nissen, Aase ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CARE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAZARD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; DENMARK; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 82655174011     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.050856     Document Type: Article

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