The social dimensions of safety incident reporting in maternity care: the influence of working relationships and group processes.

Patricia Lindsay; Jane Sandall; Charlotte Humphrey

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The social dimensions of safety incident reporting in maternity care: the influence of working relationships and group processes.

December 12, 2012

Lindsay P, Sandall J, Humphrey C. Soc Sci Med. 2012;75(10):1793-9.

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This study used an ethnographic approach to analyze the process of voluntary error reporting in maternity care and found that a considerable amount of peer group discussion often preceded the decision to voluntarily report (or not report) an error.

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