Keeping patients safe in healthcare organizations: a structuration theory of safety culture.

Patricia S. Groves; Rebecca J. Meisenbach; Jill Scott-Cawiezell

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Keeping patients safe in healthcare organizations: a structuration theory of safety culture.

May 11, 2011

Groves PS, Meisenbach RJ, Scott-Cawiezell J. J Adv Nurs. 2011;67(8):1846-55.

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This review discusses safety culture concepts and explores how they work in nursing care.

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