Speaking up about patient safety concerns: the influence of safety management approaches and climate on nurses' willingness to speak up.

Carien W. Alingh; Jeroen D H van Wijngaarden; Karina van de Voorde; Jaap Paauwe; Robbert Huijsman

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Speaking up about patient safety concerns: the influence of safety management approaches and climate on nurses' willingness to speak up.

December 31, 2018

Alingh CW, van Wijngaarden JDH, van de Voorde K, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019;28(1):39-48.

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