Learning from near misses: From quick fixes to closing off the Swiss-cheese holes

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-294

  Jeffs, Lianne ^a,b,c   Berta, Whitney ^d   Lingard, Lorelei ^e   Baker, G Ross ^d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84858753273     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000256     Document Type: Article

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