Celebrating human resilience to provide safe care

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-212

  Moffatt Bruce, Susan D ^a   Ellison, E Christopher ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING;

HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; OPERATING ROOMS;

EID: 84863834482     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182602565     Document Type: Editorial

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