Waking up the next morning: Surgeons' emotional reactions to adverse events

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1179-1188

  Luu, Shelly ^a   Patel, Priyanka ^a,b   St Martin, Laurent ^a,b   Leung, Annie So ^a   Regehr, Glenn ^c   Murnaghan, M Lucas ^a,b,d   Gallinger, Steven ^a   Moulton, Carol Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURGERY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84869999180     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12058     Document Type: Article

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