Managing teams managing crises: Principles of teamwork to improve patient safety in the emergency room and beyond

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-394

  Salas, E ^a   Rosen, M A ^a,b   King, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)   (United States)

Author keywords

Human error; Patient safety; Teams; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007849566     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220701317764     Document Type: Article

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