Safe anaesthetic care: Further improvements require a focus on resilience

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 643-645

  Schnittker, R ^a   Marshall, S D ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

EDITORIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANESTHESIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84946131922     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev153     Document Type: Editorial

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