Organizational factors contributing to incivility at an academic medical center and systems-based solutions: A qualitative study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1569-1575

  Pattani, Reena ^a,b   Ginsburg, Shiphra ^b,c,d   Johnson, Alekhya Mascarenhas ^e   Moore, Julia E ^e   Jassemi, Sabrina ^e   Straus, Sharon E ^a,b,d,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INCIVILITY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INCIVILITY; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85051757995     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002310     Document Type: Article

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