Major cultural-compatibility complex: Considerations on cross-cultural dissemination of patient safety programmes

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 612-615

  Jeong, Heon Jae ^a   Pham, Julius C ^b   Kim, Minji ^c   Engineer, Cyrus ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSPLANTATION;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT SAFETY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84863007541     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000283     Document Type: Short Survey

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