Language games and tragedy: The Bristol Royal Infirmary disaster revisited.

B. J Kewell

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Language games and tragedy: The Bristol Royal Infirmary disaster revisited.

January 18, 2011

Kewell BJ. Health Risk Soc. 2006;8(4).

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The author analyzed transcripts from hearings on a British pediatric surgical unit failure and identified the misunderstandings and cognitive biases that negatively affected organizational sensemaking and interpretations of risks and safety.

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