Deafening silence? Time to reconsider whether organisations are silent or deaf when things go wrong

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 709-713

  Jones, Aled ^a   Kelly, Daniel ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAF EFFECT; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL SILENCE; REVIEW; SPEECH; WHISTLE BLOWING; WORKPLACE; GREAT BRITAIN; MEDICAL ERROR; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARDS; WHISTLEBLOWING;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; STATE MEDICINE; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 84906691623     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002718     Document Type: Review

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