Teaching Healthcare Clinicians to Demand Safe Healthcare Delivery Systems

Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 19-25

  Williams, Linda C ^a   Bagian, James P ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Device design; Healthcare training; Human factors engineering; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255179929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/EBK1439834978-5     Document Type: Chapter

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