Patient safety in surgery: non-technical aspects of safe surgical performance

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The performance of operative surgery has an understandable focus placed on dexterity, technical precision, as well as the choice of procedure. There is less appreciation of the cognitive and social skills of the individual surgeon and the effect that these have o...

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Main Authors: Youngson George G, Flin Rhona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:Patient Safety in Surgery
Online Access:http://www.pssjournal.com/content/4/1/4

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