Error disclosure: A new domain for safety culture assessment

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 594-599

  Etchegaray, Jason M ^a   Gallagher, Thomas H ^b   Bell, Sigall K ^c   Dunlap, Ben ^b   Thomas, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; ERROR DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SCIENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SCHOOL; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; REGISTERED NURSE; SAFETY CULTURE; TEAMWORK; TRUST;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; DISCLOSURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXAS;

EID: 84862987016     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000530     Document Type: Article

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