Healthcare quality and safety: A review of policy, practice and research

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 198-215

  Waring, Justin ^a   Allen, Davina ^b   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^c   Sandall, Jane ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human factors; Quality; Safety; Social factors; Socio cultural; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; POLITICS; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84956794732     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12391     Document Type: Article

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