The prevalence of medical error related to end-of-life communication in Canadian hospitals: Results of a multicentre observational study

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 671-679

  Heyland, Daren K ^a   Ilan, Roy ^a   Jiang, Xuran ^b   You, John J ^c   Dodek, Peter ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events, epidemiology and detection; Chronic disease management; Communication; Decision making; Medical error, measurement epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL AUDIT; CONSULTATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84986556395     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004567     Document Type: Article

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