Issues and complexities in safety culture assessment in healthcare

• Main Authors: Louise A. Ellis (Author), Emma Falkland (Author), Peter Hibbert (Author), Siri Wiig (Author), Eline Ree (Author), Timothy J. Schultz (Author), Christy Pirone (Author), Jeffrey Braithwaite (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The concept of safety culture in healthcare-a culture that enables staff and patients to be free from harm-is characterized by complexity, multifacetedness, and indefinability. Over the years, disparate and unclear definitions have resulted in a proliferation of measurement tools, with lack of conse...