Complicated, complex, and compliant: Best practice in obstetrics

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-195

  Dekker, Sidney ^a   Bergström, Johan ^b   Amer Wåhlin, Isis ^c   Cilliers, Paul ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Complexity; Compliance; Diversity; Intervention; Patient safety; Resilience

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; OBSTETRICS;

COMPLEXITY; COMPLIANCE; DIVERSITY; INTERVENTION; PATIENT SAFETY; RESILIENCE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EID: 84876174205     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-011-0211-6     Document Type: Article

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