Addressing behavior and performance issues that threaten quality and patient safety: What your attorneys want you to know

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-45

  Reiter, Charles E ^a   Pichert, James W ^b   Hickson, Gerald B ^b  

^a Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Discipline; Disruptive behavior; Healthcare quality; Medical legal issues; Patient safety; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB STRESS; JUSTICE; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL SURGICAL UNIT; MORALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROFESSIONALISM; RELIABILITY; WARD;

EID: 84856949117     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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