The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex
and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more on childbirth than …

Aim and objective To present a comprehensive review of current evidence on the factors
which impact on nurse–physician communication and interventions developed to improve …

PROMOTING PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH This book forms part of a series entitled
Promoting Partnership for Health publishedin association with the UK Centre for the …

Creating work environments that sustain open and supportive communication positively
influence teamwork, staff satisfaction, and improved patient quality and safety. The Situation …

PROBLEM. Nurse–physician communication affects patient safety. Such communication has
been well studied using a variety of survey and observational methods; however, missing …

Oxytocin is the drug most commonly associated with preventable adverse perinatal
outcomes and was recently added by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices to a small …

Summary The publication of To Err Is Human in the USA and An Organisation with a
Memory in the UK more than a decade ago put patient safety firmly on the clinical and policy …

Interprofessional teamwork has become an integral feature of healthcare delivery in a wide
range of conditions and services in many countries. Many assumptions are made in …

RICHARDSON A. & STORR J.(2010) Patient safety: a literative review on the impact of
nursing empowerment, leadership and collaboration. International Nursing Review57, 12 …

Effective collaboration between professional groups is increasingly seen as an essential
element in good quality and safe health care. This is especially important in the context of …