Checklists, safety, my culture and me

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 617-620

  Raghunathan, Karthik ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT SAFETY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION;

ACCULTURATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHECKLIST; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862997342     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000608     Document Type: Review

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