Disclosing and reporting medical errors

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 471-476

  McLennan, Stuart R ^a,b   Engel Glatter, Sabrina ^a   Meyer, Andrea H ^a   Schwappach, David L B ^c,d   Scheidegger, Daniel H ^a   Elger, Bernice S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Swiss Patient Safety Foundation   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SWITZERLAND; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84941568492     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000236     Document Type: Article

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