Supporting patient safety: examining communication within delivery suite teams through contrasting approaches to research observation.

Emma-Jane Berridge; Nicola J Mackintosh; Della S Freeth

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Supporting patient safety: examining communication within delivery suite teams through contrasting approaches to research observation.

August 25, 2010

Berridge E-J, Mackintosh NJ, Freeth DS. Midwifery. 2010;26(5).

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This study used both ethnographic approaches and a structured observation technique to analyze interprofessional communication in obstetric units.

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