Speak up! Barriers to challenging erroneous decisions of seniors in anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1332-1340

  Beament, T ^a   Mercer, S J ^b,c  

^a Alb Fils Hospital   (Germany)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Simulation and Patient Safety   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

failed airway management; hierarchy; human factors; patient safety; speaking up

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATURITY; PATIENT SAFETY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SPEECH; STUDENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT SIMULATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSULTANTS; CUES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994817660     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13546     Document Type: Article

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