From a blame culture to a just culture in health care.

Naresh Khatri; Gordon D. Brown; Lanis L. Hicks

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From a blame culture to a just culture in health care.

November 18, 2009

Khatri N, Brown GD, Hicks LL. Health Care Manag Rev. 2009;34(4):312-322.

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This article argues that a deep understanding of an organization's blunt end capacity toward blame is needed in order to enable a shift to a just culture.

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