Medical error: The second victim

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue SUPPL. 10, 2012, Pages

  McCay, Layla ^a   Wu, Albert W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIANS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84871868099     PISSN: 17508460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2012.73.Sup10.C146     Document Type: Article

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