Patients' willingness and ability to participate actively in the reduction of clinical errors: A systematic literature review

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-263

  Doherty, Carole ^a   Stavropoulou, Charitini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical error; Clinician patient relationships; Patient participation; Safety; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERCEPTION;

COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861337119     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.056     Document Type: Review

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