Publishing individual surgeons' death rates prompts risk averse behaviour

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Westaby, Stephen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; GENERAL SURGERY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

DISCLOSURE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; RISK-TAKING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84907360110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5026     Document Type: Short Survey

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