Ebola, Team Communication, and Shame: But Shame on Whom?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 20-25

  Shannon, Sarah E ^a  

^a NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

education; ethics committees; health care delivery; medicine; nursing; organizational ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SHAME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SHAME; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927602134     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2015.1010998     Document Type: Article

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