Assessing the performance of surgical teams.

Linda Searle Leach; Robert C. Myrtle; Fred A. Weaver; Sriram Dasu

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Assessing the performance of surgical teams.

March 11, 2009

Leach LS, Myrtle RC, Weaver FA, et al. Health Care Manage Rev. 2009;34(1):29-41.

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This qualitative study examined factors that either aided or hindered teamwork in the operating room.

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