A new perspective on blame culture: An experimental study

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 671-675

  Gorini, Alessandra ^a   Miglioretti, Massimo ^b   Pravettoni, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

blame culture; medical error; nurses; patient safety; physicians; punishment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLAME; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUNISHMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84860886502     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01831.x     Document Type: Review

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