Safety subcultures in health-care organizations and managing medical error

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-23

  Sirriyeh, Reema ^a   Lawton, Rebecca ^a   Armitage, Gerry ^b   Gardner, Peter ^a   Ferguson, Sally ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERROR; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY CULTURE THEORY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEORY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84856998714     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/hsmr.2011.011018     Document Type: Article

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