Building High-Performance Teams in the Operating Room

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-19

  Sax, Harry C ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Patient safety; Team dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SURGEON; TEAM BUILDING; TEAMWORK;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 84856135060     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2011.11.005     Document Type: Review

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