The WHO surgical safety checklist: Survey of patients' views

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 939-946

  Russ, Stephanie Jane ^a   Rout, Shantanu ^a   Caris, Jochem ^a   Moorthy, Krishna ^a   Mayer, Erik ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84908038310     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002772     Document Type: Article

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