Special Issue on Resilience Engineering and High Reliability Organizations.

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Special Issue on Resilience Engineering and High Reliability Organizations.

August 7, 2019

Wears RL, Roberts KH, eds. Safety Sci. 2019;117;458-533.

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Resilience is an organizational characteristic that enables individuals and teams to adapt to chaotic conditions and reduce the potential for failure. This special issue explores the intersection between resilience and high reliability in a variety of theoretical and situational contexts such as in maternity care.

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