Team communication in the operating room.

J. M. Davies

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Team communication in the operating room.

August 10, 2005

Davies JM. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2005;49(7):898-901.

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The author presents sample cases from aviation to illustrate failures in team communication and uses principles from crew resource management and human factors to describe characteristics of good communication.

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