Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 204, Issue 4 , Pages 533-540 , April 2007

Patterns of Communication Breakdowns Resulting in Injury to Surgical Patients

  • Caprice C. Greenberg, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Caprice C Greenberg, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Surgical Oncology, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115.
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  • Scott E. Regenbogen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
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  • David M. Studdert, LLB, SCD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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  • Stuart R. Lipsitz, SCD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Selwyn O. Rogers, MD, MPH, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Michael J. Zinner, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Atul A. Gawande, MD, MPH, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Received 1 November 2006 ,Revised 29 December 2006 ,Accepted 3 January 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

PII: S1072-7515(07)00061-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.010

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 204, Issue 4 , Pages 533-540 , April 2007

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