Anatomy of an incident disclosure: The importance of dialogue

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 435-442

  Iedema, Rick ^a   Allen, Suellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTATIC AGENT; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLOSURE; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84869134528     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(12)38057-4     Document Type: Article

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