Facilitators and barriers influencing patient safety in Swedish hospitals: A qualitative study of nurses' perceptions

BMC Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ridelberg, Mikaela ^a   Roback, Kerstin ^a   Nilsen, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Implementation; Intervention; Interview; Multifaceted; Nurse; Patient safety; Qualitative content analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908085240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-13-23     Document Type: Article

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