System-related factors contributing to diagnostic errors

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 242-247

  Thammasitboon, Satid ^a   Thammasitboon, Supat ^b   Singhal, Geeta ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DATA PROCESSING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84884667984     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: 15383199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2013.07.004     Document Type: Review

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