Investigating the scope of resident patient care handoffs within neurosurgery

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Babu, Maya A ^a   Nahed, Brian V ^b   Heary, Robert F ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HANDOFF; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT HANDOFF;

EID: 84864397259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041810     Document Type: Article

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