Physician 'defiance' towards hand hygiene compliance: Is there a theory-practice-ethics gap?

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-208

  Mortell, Manfred ^a   Balkhy, Hanan H ^b   Tannous, Elias B ^b   Jong, Mei Thiee ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Hand hygiene; Healthcare associated infection; Physician; Practice; Theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; THEORY PRACTICE ETHICS GAP; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84880044239     PISSN: 10167315     EISSN: 22125043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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