Work design and patient safetyx

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 395-428

  Carayon, P ^a   Alvarado, C J ^a   Schoofs Hundt, A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Patient safety; Work design; Work system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007815884     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220701193157     Document Type: Article

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