A vignette study to examine health care professionals' attitudes towards patient involvement in error prevention

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 840-848

  Schwappach, David L B ^a,b   Frank, Olga ^a   Davis, Rachel E ^c  

^a Swiss Patient Safety Foundation   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

factorial survey; medical errors; patient safety; vignettes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIGNETTE;

FACTORIAL SURVEY; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; VIGNETTES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84885023194     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01861.x     Document Type: Article

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