'Balancing risk, that is my life': The politics of risk in a hospital operating theatre department.

Ruth McDonald; Justin Waring; Stephen Harrison

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'Balancing risk, that is my life': The politics of risk in a hospital operating theatre department.

June 24, 2010

McDonald R, Waring J, Harrison S. Health Risk Soc. 2005;7(4).

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This study describes findings from a series of observations and interviews to better understand the facets of clinical risk management policy.

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