Social and environmental conditions creating fluctuating agency for safety in two urban academic birth centers.

Audrey Lyndon

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Social and environmental conditions creating fluctuating agency for safety in two urban academic birth centers.

March 26, 2008

Lyndon A. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2008;37(1):13-23.

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Through interviews with physicians, nurses, and midwives, this study explores the role of interpersonal relationships and authority gradients in the safety climate on an obstetrics unit.

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