What happens to coroners' recommendations for improving public health and safety? Organisational responses under a mandatory response regime in Victoria, Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sutherland, Georgina ^a   Kemp, Celia ^a   Bugeja, Lyndal ^b   Sewell, Graham ^c   Pirkis, Jane ^a   Studdert, David M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Coroners Court of Victoria ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coroner; Organisations; Public health; Recommendations; Survey

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VICTORIA;

EID: 84904271891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-732     Document Type: Article

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