Skating on thin ice? Consultant surgeon's contemporary experience of adverse surgical events

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Skevington, Suzanne M ^a   Langdon, Joanne E ^a   Giddins, Grey ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adverse event; consultant; error; process; qualitative; surgeon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84856362379     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2011.592841     Document Type: Article

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