Designing out medical error: An interdisciplinary approach to the design of healthcare equipment

Design Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 238-266

  West, Jonathan ^a   Davey, Grace ^a   Norris, Beverley ^a   Myerson, Jeremy ^a   Anderson, Oliver ^b   Brodie, Andrea ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinary collaboration; Medical equipment; Medical error; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899156561     PISSN: 14606925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175630614X13915240576068     Document Type: Article

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