Teams, tribes and patient safety: Overcoming barriers to effective teamwork in healthcare

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1061, 2014, Pages 149-154

  Weller, Jennifer ^a   Boyd, Matt ^a   Cumin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION & TRAINING (SEE MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING); QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE < HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 84894229398     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131168     Document Type: Review

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